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People are really strange when it comes to free stuff. A friend of mine decided one day to buy a bunch of donuts and hand them out to some folks waiting in a l
by robflynn 15y ago
People are really strange when it comes to free stuff.
A friend of mine decided one day to buy a bunch of donuts and hand them out to some folks waiting in a long line out in the cold.
Most people were very thankful or even surprised that someone would do such a thing. A small subset of people complained that he only bought one kind of donut, or complained that he didn't also purchase coffee for them.
- statictype 15y agoGreat comment. Sums up the full range of humanity concisely - Generous people going out of their way to be awesome, normal people appreciative of someone being awesome, and whiners who manage to find something to complain about anyway.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoActually, if I remember correctly, some studies have shown that people complain more about free stuff than they do about stuff they paid for. The theory is that act of paying for something makes you invested in it, so you're more likely to identify/sympathize with it.
- JonnieCache 15y agoI remember seeing this as well. Wish I could find the link.