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Kind of clever. If in the depths of a block I could see myself giving up a deposit for the maximum self-destructive experience... but running out without paying
by atchoo 4y ago
Kind of clever. If in the depths of a block I could see myself giving up a deposit for the maximum self-destructive experience... but running out without paying crosses a moral line and hurts someone other than me that I couldn't do it.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoIt reminds me of the possibly apocryphal story of a daycare that got tired of parents picking their kids up late. They decided to start charging a fee every time a parent was late to pick up. Once they did, parents were actually more likely to pick their kids up late. Presumably because they figured they were paying for the privilege.
- gregplaysguitar 4y agoNot apocryphal :) https://freakonomics.com/2013/10/what-makes-people-do-what-they-do/ https://freakonomics.com/2013/10/what-makes-people-do-what-t...
- onionisafruit 4y agoWell it’s not it the protestant bible, so it’s not canon, but it’s not part of the apocrypha either. I just don’t know.
- smugma 4y agoWhy doubt the claim? It is initially counter intuitive but actually makes sense if you think about it. In any case, it’s not just a story, it is described in this paper: https://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/fine.pdf https://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/fine...
- onionisafruit 4y agoI was making a dumb comment about the use of the word apocryphal. I thought I was clever last night. I’ve read about the daycare fines before and didn’t have reason to doubt it any more or less than other anecdotes I’ve read. The paper you linked seems like pretty good evidence that it actually happened — assuming the rest of the paper supports the abstract.
- smugma 4y ago$1/min = paying for the privilege My kids’ old preschool must have read Freakonomics and instead charged $5/min. My wife once fell asleep and was charged $90 for being 18 min late (I got a call at 6). At least it wasn’t $5/min/kid (2 kids). Mostly, if parents were running late, they’d ask another parent to check out their kid and watch them for a few.
- onionisafruit 4y agoThere’s the real incentive. If you don’t show up some other weirdo parent has access to your kid.