Crowd Mentality is flipping the normal way of doing business upside down.

[TI in Florida]

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5697113?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063"The hot streak ended at about 6 p.m., when a woman insisted on just paying for her own drink (omg... what a strange concept in today's society).Barista Vu Nguyen told the Times that the customer didn't seem to understand the concept (of paying it forward or paying for someone else's drink)."It's a**-backwards when a women is humiliated in the newspapers for just wanting to do business the normal way - you place your order and you pay for your own order, you are not 'required' to pay for anyone else's order, and you should not be humiliated for wanting to conduct business in the normal fashion instead of a peer-pressure chain-mail 'bad things will happen to you if you don't follow the crowd' or 'pay it forward' fashion.The new 'follow the crowd' attitude has taken over America and people are now shamed by the employees for not participating with the crowd mentality.Generosity is from your heart, and does not have the expectation of getting something in return, and although many do reciprocate, it is not required and should have no effect whatsoever on the feelings of the original giver or anyone else involved. A gift is a gift, not an obligation.