I don't get it. I just saw another news item of a long chain of people who paid for the person behind them.
If I wanted to make someone's day and pay for their meal, then they turn around and put that money down on the next person's meal, isn't it a wash? They didn't accept my gift I guess?
Does it finally end when someone simply says "wow, thank you, you made my day!" Then are they considered selfish because they broke the "chain?"
What if you just want to pay for your dinner and tell them to give the gift to the person behind you. Have you broken the chain or continued it?
How do you know what the person behind you is planning to spend?
Can someone explain this to me? I literally don't get it and I always feel vaguely uncomfortable when I see articles and think "I hope that doesn't happen to me because I don't know what is expected of me."
If I wanted to make someone's day and pay for their meal, then they turn around and put that money down on the next person's meal, isn't it a wash? They didn't accept my gift I guess?
Does it finally end when someone simply says "wow, thank you, you made my day!" Then are they considered selfish because they broke the "chain?"
What if you just want to pay for your dinner and tell them to give the gift to the person behind you. Have you broken the chain or continued it?
How do you know what the person behind you is planning to spend?
Can someone explain this to me? I literally don't get it and I always feel vaguely uncomfortable when I see articles and think "I hope that doesn't happen to me because I don't know what is expected of me."