Buridan’s Donkey.

A donkey, equally hungry and thirsty, caught at an equal distance between food and water, would die of hunger or thirst.

But he can be saved by a random nudge one way or the other.

This metaphor is named Buridan’s Donkey,

A worker, equally mortgaged and hollowed, caught an equal distance between wealth and wholeness, would die of homelessness or stress.

But she can be saved.

By the boss sacking her.