Ahh, the auction. A people watcher's grand concert.
I once witnessed a person start to bid against herself at a live auction. The auctioneer stopped and said, "Lady you already have a bid for $10 and now you are trying to bid $12, which bid do you want?" Moment of silence. Then without skipping a beat, the auctioneer said, "Well let's just meet in the middle and we'll make the bid $11", and cranked right back up.
I was laughing so hard, I literally almost fell on the floor. What spell does an auction cast to make otherwise rational people act the way they do?
It's to bad such great entertainment comes at the expense of someone else's misfortune, but still, don't you just love it?
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