Ask not for whom the buck stops, I thought, it stops for thee. - Ben Aaronovitch

Apparently he was a bit of a connoisseur, having been introduced to Verdi soon after having risen to the rank of commander. A sudden attack of culture snobbery is a common affliction among policemen of a certain rank and age; it’s like a normal midlife crisis, only with more chandeliers and foreign languages.

“These people are not to be trusted,” I said.
“These people?”
“People with…” I looked over at the poshest person I’ve ever met and tried to think of the right word. “Entitlement,” I said. “They’re not good at keeping promises.

The first rule of Big Brother is that Big Brother is never watching when you want him to.