As you walk down the street you find yourself approaching a scraggly man wearing a sandwich board passing out flyers advertising inexpensive haircuts. You hesitate for a moment as you consider whether to accept said flyer.
Pros-
That flyer, that single flyer, may represent final strand holding the sandwich board guy's life together. If you accept his meager offering you may give him hope that there is some traces of good in this shitty life, that he's not transparent to the rest of mankind and an expendable waste of space. One less flyer in his hand represents one step closer to filling this week's flyer quota, one more day of employment, one less tear shed by his sick baby daughter, one more hour of sanity. Your nonchalant refusal may snap that strand and lead to a violent downward spiral that will culminate into a kidnapping, a rusty 9 iron, a car battery, a wooden chair, a dingy basement, and your unheard cries for help.
Cons-
Carrying .08 ounces of paper 12 feet before depositing in nearest trash can.
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You walk past the man and avoid eye contact by changing songs of your iPod even though you really need a haircut.
zeroth life lesson: look out for #1. life's too short and stingy to leave room for charity.
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