The holiday gift lag
When an annual gift exchange is lopsided, it will stay lopsided forever.
Let's say you give your colleague Jenna a $15 gift certificate and in return she gives you a $25 gift certificate.
You make a mental note of this and remember to give her a larger gift next year. But Jenna too remembers the lopsided exchange, and next year she downshifts your present into a $15 gift certificate.
There is no solution to this problem.
1 comments:
Isn't it supposed to be the thought that counts, not the specific dollar amount?
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