It was just some stupid agent. No shortage of those.
They don't stop to consider how they look to others because, you know what? They truly believe the world revolves around them, LOL.
I think these people were spared. All of that work became more real to them. We can all do with one less flipper.
And yet there is a place where they writhe in pain.
Ha, ha, ha, yes your mansion is a dog house.