![]() ![]() like how i enjoyed nannying just fine when i was getting paid $20/hr for it. and the people that were well paid for their time/effort received less gratification. and who doesn't like to be charitable?! i'm a psych major and i wish i remembered the name of this study i'm thinking of (if you know it, comment below!) but the result was that the people in the study actually received more gratification from a task when they received no compensation. and if you get zero packs of stickers, you've done a good deed. ![]() if you get one pack of stickers you've broken even. if you only get two packs of stickers that's still a good deal. if you get 20 packs of stickers, that's still a good deal. So i'm sure i could go on for ten more paragraphs about this but really, you send one pack of stickers and then you get between 0 and 36 packs of stickers. it's call a "gift." moms commenting on these threads were ranting about everything from "this chain letter is bullying my child into participating" to "my daughter was like 'why would i want to send a pack of stickers to someone i don't even know?'" to "i just threw it in the trash because i didn't want to do it and i didn't want to look bad to the mom that sent it to me" to "my kid loved this and it made her day" to "i took this as an opportunity to talk to my child about pyramid schemes" to "this was a great way for me to explain letter writing and the postal system." and it wasn't hard to find a blog post with a mom venting about how they think it's absolutely terrible and then there were 15 comments from other moms saying "i'm glad you wrote this! now i'm not going to feel guilty about throwing the letter away!" when you're "losing" a pack of stickers that will actually bring joy to a child, that is actually a good thing. when it's your entire life savings that you're going to use on retirement, this can be a very bad thing. ponzi schemes are illegal because they aren't sustainable and eventually there are people at the bottom that give without ever receiving. The worst that can happen is that you gave a $.99 pack of stickers to a precious little child and received absolutely nothing in return. I am happy to report that i am okay with it and i think sticker ponzi schemes are not a bad thing. some moms are totally fine with it but some take this huge stance against it and reading a million comments people had written online made me step back and actually think where i stood with this. I can't remember what it was but while i was sending them out, i googled "sticker club" and then my stomach sank. but this was from my beloved cousin and i trust her judgement more than my own, so i decided to be a yes man and just do it. with the copies and the mailing to friends and all the other instructions, i won't lie, it kinda sounded like a time consuming sort of pain. send one pack of stickers and get 36 packs of stickers in return. well, actually it was a letter for abigail from my cousin's daughter, inviting her to be in the "sticker club." it only takes reading the letter to realize that it's a ponzi scheme. I got a letter about a week ago from one of my favorite cousins. ![]()
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