Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 3, ch. 2 “Of Repentance [Du repentir]” (1586) (3.2) (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)]
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In the sense that a police officer with the task to issue parking tickets won't be happy about attending to lost children, litterers or other police related tasks.
The officer would do it out of obligation, if asked. But he/she/* wouldn't actively look for these tasks.
And he/she/* wouldn't be happy when asked to often, because it interferes with the task of issuing parking tickets.