Featured Image:  Shutterstock Version 1 (request only): “Excuse me, I have 5 pages. May I use the Xerox machine?” Version 2 (request with a real reason): “Excuse me, I have 5 pages. May I use the xerox machine, because I’m in a rush?” Version 3 (request with a fake reason): “Excuse me, I have 5 pages. May I use the xerox machine, because I have to make copies?” Although version 3 seems a bit senseless, the results were as follows: Version 1: 60 percent of people let the researcher skip the line. Version 2: 94 percent of people let the researcher skip ahead in line. Version 3: 93 percent of people let the researcher skip ahead in line. It seems that just using the word “because” and giving a nonsensical reason is quite effective.

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