There's a story I've heard and seen online and, so far, I haven't been able to find its origin to give proper credit to its originator, but it's worth retelling here -

An old man, a young boy, and a donkey were making a long journey into town. At the beginning of their trip, the young boy was sitting on the donkey, riding it, while the old man walked in front, leading the donkey. As they passed some other travelers on the road, the old man and the young boy overheard the strangers commenting, "What a shame that young boy sits up on the donkey and makes that poor old man walk." After considering this, they decided perhaps the strangers were right and switched places.

As the young boy lead the donkey carrying the old man past another group of wayfarers, this time they overheard the comment, "What a shame that man makes the poor young boy walk, while he sits and rides on the donkey." After considering this, the old man and the young boy switched places again.

The third time they passed strangers on the road, they overheard the comment that it was stupid for one of them to be walking when they had a perfectly good donkey to ride on. Considering this, the old man and the boy both began to ride the donkey into town.

Passing yet another group of travelers, the man and boy heard the other people talking to each other about how badly they were treating the donkey, making the poor animal carry such a heavy load with both of them on its back. Considering this, the man and the boy got off and decided to carry the donkey.

As they approached the town, they began to cross a bridge while carrying the donkey on their shoulders. As they made their way across the bridge, they lost their grip on the donkey and it fell over the side, plunging into the river below.

The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone, you may as well kiss your ass goodbye.