Human Nature (The Refrigerator)

Somewhere in my recent internet reading I came across a story (purportedly true) that illustrates a fair chunk of human nature.  The story goes something like this:

A man, while remodeling his kitchen, decided to replace his refrigerator with one that better matched his new décor.  Thinking someone might have use for his old refrigerator; the man dragged the refrigerator out into his yard and affixed a sign: Working Refrigerator   Free!   Just Haul It Away!

The refrigerator sat there for many days.

Not wishing to haul a functional refrigerator to the landfill, the man changed the sign on the refrigerator to read: Working Refrigerator — $250.00

The refrigerator vanished within a few hours.

--Mitchell Hegman