'If you guarantee the postage, I'll mail you back the key.' - 'The Last Trip to Tulsa'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker offers to return something if they get compensated first.
- In plain terms
- Pay me for shipping and I'll send it back.
- What can you take from it?
- Set conditions before taking action.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What conditions do you set?
- When is reciprocity necessary?
Another view
It sounds transactional in potentially emotional exchanges.
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