Reading It

Badge genuinely believes reporting variance is helping everyone, and Rollo flatly tells him it isn't. The comedy is in Badge's sincere confusion -- he's internalized surveillance as service so completely that 'I can help more now' means 'I can report more now.' You've met the coworker who thinks forwarding your Slack messages to management is mentorship.

Deeper Read

The most effective informants are the ones who believe they're doing you a favor. Sincerity makes surveillance invisible.