Costs nothing to them, meant everything to him, but still in principal earned him respect. I don’t know what to call this phenomenon, but it happens a lot in l

Costs nothing to them, meant everything to him, but still in principal earned him respect. I don’t know what to call this phenomenon, but it happens a lot in life. Trust with low consequences? Asymmetric trust? Flake balance? They’re not out of pocket but if he didn’t show up he would have tanked his reputation and climbing out of that hole EVEN if he never missed a day starting from Day 3 would have taken a lot of effort. Meanwhile the construction crew just picks up the next plucky teenager and makes a low stakes bet on whether or not they come through.