Common Cents
Waiting in line at the cash register today the woman in front of me was short 7 cents for her food. Our cafeteria provider has a policy *against* "give-a-penny-take-a-penny" jars for some reason, so she was in a bit of a pickle.
Fortunately, I had some extra change and offered the needed 7 cents. You would have thought I had given this person a kidney.
What is it about context that makes us place inordinate value on some things that would otherwise be valueless? I wouldn't delve between couch cushions for 7 cents (and if you ever go hunting in my couch, you'll find that is true), but in a cafeteria cashier line 7 cents might as well have been a chest of gold.
Which really makes one wonder, do our tangibles have value in a vacuum, or is there worth always and simply relative to the situation? The answering of that question, I bet, will have alot to do with whether we talk about emotional worth or financial worth.
-Ed
Fortunately, I had some extra change and offered the needed 7 cents. You would have thought I had given this person a kidney.
What is it about context that makes us place inordinate value on some things that would otherwise be valueless? I wouldn't delve between couch cushions for 7 cents (and if you ever go hunting in my couch, you'll find that is true), but in a cafeteria cashier line 7 cents might as well have been a chest of gold.
Which really makes one wonder, do our tangibles have value in a vacuum, or is there worth always and simply relative to the situation? The answering of that question, I bet, will have alot to do with whether we talk about emotional worth or financial worth.
-Ed
posted by Ed at 3:21 PM
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