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Old 11-30-2005, 04:27 PM
henrikrh henrikrh is offline
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Default Re: asking a stranger to watch your stuff

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only an idiot would ask a total stranger to watch thier stuff.

Whenever anyone ever aks me to watch their stuff, I always very seriously ask "how do you know I'm not going to steal it?". They usually then take it with them, which is good cuz I HATE watching other peoples stuff. Why the hell do people think its ok to burden someone they dont know with responsibility? I've straight up told people before that if they arent back when im ready to go, im leaving anyway, and i do.

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Psyche studies show that asking a stranger to watch your stuff very very highly increases the chance that they will protect it should someone else try adn steal it. In no cases in the study did the stranger (didn't know they were in the study) try adn steal the stuff themselves. Therefore, asking a stranger is +ev.
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