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I was recently on a cruise. There was a daily trivia game on days when we were at sea. It got quite cutthroat, to the point where some passengers had to be re
by lisper 3y ago
I was recently on a cruise. There was a daily trivia game on days when we were at sea. It got quite cutthroat, to the point where some passengers had to be reprimanded for abusing the crew. I was so appalled I stopped participating.
The prize we were competing for was a baseball cap.
- freedomben 3y agoIt's crazy to me how competitive some people get, and how they justify their behavior to themselves. There is a parent of a kid in a group with my kids, and they started shouting obscenities at a judge who they disagreed with. I can't imagine behaving that way at all, let alone in front of my children. I don't know how they can expect their
- michaelcampbell 3y ago> I can't imagine behaving that way at all, let alone in front of my children. I don't know how they can expect their Uhoh, they've said too much...
- freedomben 3y agoHa! :-D Too late to edit now, but I decided against writing that last sentence but apparently I failed at deleting it. I was thinking to say "I don't know how they can expect their children to act decently when they model such indecent behavior" but it felt a little too harsh.
- michaelcampbell 3y agoCould be harsh to some, but I'm right there with you. I can't express the shame and guilt when my first "naughty word" came out in front of my son.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI think this phenomenon is known as "the lesser the juice, the tighter the squeeze". It's also what makes listing something as free-to-take on something like craigslist more of a headache than putting a small price on it.
- michaelcampbell 3y agoThis works in reverse, too; want to give something away? Put it on the street with a "Free" sign, and watch it sit for days. Instead, put a "$25" sign on it and its gone within the hour.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoBah. Why didn’t I think of this. Last time I moved, I was upset nobody wanted to take my table+chairs set. Would gladly have given someone a chance to “steal” them. They even would have a story to tell.
- wredue 3y agoMy neighbourhood used to put on an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Parents donate a bunch of chocolate eggs and other volunteers spread them around a large park. Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled because some parent were running around with their kids in their arms to pick up the most eggs, others were shoving 4 year old kids, other yet were watching 3 year olds waddle in their oversized snow suit to an egg excitedly, but would run up and take the egg. I never imagined that it would go that badly. Mind you, we did attempt several years with different rules and communications that parents aren’t to be involved and it didn’t help.