The group chat buys a gift

0:00 A group chat organising a birthday present is

0:02 a study in human nature.

0:04 It opens confidently:

0:05 someone says let's all chip in, easy.

0:09 Then comes the silence.

0:11 Then one person suggests a spa voucher,

0:14 and one person, always the same person,

0:17 replies with a link to something four times

0:19 the budget.

0:20 Two people send thumbs up,

0:22 which commits them to nothing.

0:24 Somebody asks who's collecting the money,

0:27 and the chat dies for six days.

0:30 On the morning of the birthday,

0:32 one heroic individual buys the gift alone,

0:35 pays for it alone,

0:36 and writes everyone's name on the card.

0:39 They will be reimbursed by four of the

0:41 twelve.