There is an old saying said by our veterans that a well laid meal with a pinch of venom is not right for consumption. This seems right for even modern days. However one might be good but unwanted attitudes does hurt the other persons beside, and that could leave a dent in human relationships for ever. For many that would be small issue and they might come back talking as usual, however the person who is wounded might be in  no mood to mingle with such persons. This leaves a bad taste in the corporate culture. Who is at fault....Only GOK...! A recent survey by Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging  suggests that unfair offerings are discarded by humans and this they attribute are unlike our ancestors the Chimps.

A study was conducted whether humans would similarly (like Chimps) accept unfair offers if they were bargaining for a basic physiological need, such as food, water or sex. 21 healthy people were taken and made 11 of them thirsty by drip-feeding them a salty solution, whilst the remainder received an isotonic solution that had a much smaller effect on their level of thirst. Then they were asked to play a game giving a 500 ml water bottle and two glasses.

The participants were also well aware that they would get water only after an hour after the game. They were divided into Proposers and Responders. Most of them prepared the be the responder and the hosts were forced to play as proposers. The game began of sharing water in the two glasses. The proposers were given uneven bargain of very less quantity of the water, or to be precise just 62.8 ml that is just one eighth of water. It was ofcourse an unfair proposal, which was firmly rejected by the prospers.

Infact in this case the blood samples taken at the very moment suggested that under normal conditions, they would gulp the entire bottle, due to heavy thirst. But under unfair conditions they rejected as they felt that their honor was at stake. That simply means that no matter how urging the want is, an unfair bargain that could reduce your self esteem is firmly rejected. As per Dr Nick Wright, who led the study, 'These findings are interesting for understanding how subjective feelings of fairness and self-interested need impact on everyday decisions, for example in the labour market.'Being double faced is really not the criteria of humans, but some do maintain this dubious traits. (With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)