Freebies

Technically, there's nothing in life that's free. Even if you're not paying for something, somewhere along the line someone has; whether it's monetarily, or some other way. Personally, I love freebies; though I know at times you get what you pay for when it comes to free things.

What bothers me is when people take advantage of free things; or worse, complain about them.

For instance, free samples in stores. You always see people getting samples, usually they only take one. There are those however, who will keep coming back and taking more than one. To me, that's taking advantage of a free item; especially if the person has no intention of actually purchasing the product.

Or say someone goes somewhere to see a movie, show, game, or whatever. That usually means there's going to be a lot of people there, because it's free. Yet, you still hear people complaining because they didn't get a good seat, or there wasn't any food served, things like that. Why complain? Those people are there for free; they should be happy they're there. There's probably many others who would love to be at a free movie, show, or game and not mind the seating or food arrangements.

As I said earlier, with freebies sometimes you get what you pay for. That can be a good thing, or a bad thing. Bad in the sense, what you get may not be up to par with something that costs more. Good in that you're able to do things, or get things you wouldn't necessarily be able to otherwise.

I also said at the beginning of this post, technically, nothing is ever totally free; somewhere along the line it gets paid for. To me, only having one sample, maybe having to stand at a show, being high up in the stands for a game, or sitting close to the screen at a movie, is the price I pay to have freebies.