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The rational thing would be, if they were lazy, to ignore this sign. This sign is almost completely unenforceable. If the chute is clogged with garbage I'll be
by tseabrooks 15y ago
The rational thing would be, if they were lazy, to ignore this sign. This sign is almost completely unenforceable. If the chute is clogged with garbage I'll be fined? Do you have a video camera watching me put garbage in the chute? If not it's impossible to determine who left which garbage bag and/or who clogged the chute*1.
Not to mention the problem where in I'm a good resident... I've brought my garbage down, but someone else has clogged the chute and suddenly it becomes my job to either A) unclog the chute [managements job]; B) take my trash back upstairs; c) leave it and suffer a 50$ penalty
Frankly, this is a bad policy and the people writing the sign have shown themselves to not be very rational.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago> If not it's impossible to determine who left which garbage bag and/or who clogged the chute*1. Unless you throw away your mail, and the building's superintendent goes through it. You probably don't even need mail, come to think of it. People buy similar things over time, and I'd wager that if you had one trash sample from every apartment in the building, you could track down a "mystery" bag with pretty significant confidence.
- loup-vaillant 15y agoThe guy who put up the sign correctly assumed that the lazy people he targeted would (irrationally) react by paying more attention. Which was the desired effect. Recognizing (and exploiting) irrationality in others may be a bit mean, but its definitely not irrational by itself. Now, there may be a simpler explanation: people see the angry note, think "Oops, someone cares about this crap", and change their behaviour just to be nice. Or maybe they just didn't really know how they were supposed to handle the trash, and the note made them less ignorant. Personally, I suspect all three effects played a part.