Measuring Function isn't a Moral Judgment

Jeff was a highly competent manager, showing discipline and organization, affording him career success and a good income. At home he was a loser and nobody. He lacked interests, had no artistic appreciation -- preferring popular junk over anything well conceived, and showed an utter absence of intellectual curiosity. Instead, he consumed ballgames, highlights of ballgames, and talk shows about ballgames, best enjoyed with copious alcohol, only interrupted by the latest shows and Hollywood movies.

Lauren was useless. She didn't do anything when not in the HR department. Home was a place to eat and sleep, though she ate at fast food drive-through too. She was loyal to her job and social circle. She had no aspirations outside of work, and enjoyed people for entertainment.

Their flaws were worse together. Cause likely fed effect, developing into a tight co-evolutionary spiral. Each was respectable when paid to perform in a professional environment, but when free and private, both were common disasters.