#文章首发挑战赛#
Three students picked up an iPhone in the campus parking lot and waited for more than an hour to wait for the owner to claim it.
After the owner came, he insisted that he would transfer red envelopes to the students, and finally transferred 30 yuan.
The students wondered: 30 yuan, is it a bit too picky to buy milk tea for three people?
Some netizens asked: Since it's too little, why didn't you ask for money directly at that time?
You yourself said that you don't want to ask for anything in return, why do you still think about this?
Some netizens said: I am the most annoying of this kind of person, I really don't know which thing or sentence is wrong and will be discussed behind people's backs.
But many netizens think that the price of most milk tea on the market is more than a dozen yuan, and 30 yuan is really not enough for three people, so it is better to order milk tea directly for the children.
Some netizens expressed the awkward nature of this awkwardness: if the owner insists on giving money, there is a feeling that the money and goods are cleared and the money is not owed.
This netizen shared his own experience, and he also repaid the student who picked up his mobile phone.
Netizens think: Please drink milk tea itself is a small amount of material gratitude, and it is not sincere enough to search in the scope of a small amount.
Netizen: Either you don't give money, or if you want to give, don't give so little. I use the Apple Pro series, and it shouldn't be bad for money.
This topic reminds me of a chapter in "Grotesque Behavior", "Do You Need to Pay Your Mother-in-law for Dinner?"
The mother-in-law carefully prepared a family dinner, which was very hearty with good wine and food. When you're full of food and drink, you pull out your wallet: "Mom, how much should I pay you?" There was silence at the table, and you shook the bill: "Is 300 enough?"
In the author's words, we live in two different worlds at the same time – one dominated by social norms and the other by market norms.
Helping a neighbor move something in the neighborhood and changing a tire on the road don't require immediate, reciprocal returns. It's a social norm.
In the areas of wages, rents, selling prices, and interest, there is no friendship, and the exchange here is black and white. This is the norm of the market.
Helping neighbors move things, this is the realm of social norms
If the owner of the lost phone verbally thanks, or asks the student's teacher to praise him, or directly buys milk tea and snacks for the student, this matter is still within the boundaries of social norms.
But once cash is used, it crosses the border and enters the realm of the market. Students who pick up their mobile phones will think: We waited for you for more than an hour, not only did you get your phone back, but you don't have to worry about the documents and information stored in your phone, are these only worth 30 yuan?
When it comes to money, people will start to weigh it in their hearts, even if they are not deeply involved in the world.
In fact, we Chinese are very familiar with this rule and use it skillfully.
If someone else has done us a small favor, it is a meal, or a carton of milk or a carton of fruit.
If someone else has helped us a lot, it is with cigarettes, liquor, and expensive tea.
Those who use money directly, after all, are in the minority.
In return, the owner brought drinks and watermelon
What do you think?