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Coffee room drinkers pay more when watched by a pair of “Big Brother” eyes (Image: Newcastle University)
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Coffee room drinkers pay more when watched by a pair of “Big Brother” eyes (Image: Newcastle University)
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We all know the scene: the departmental coffee room, with the price list for tea and coffee on the wall and the “honesty box” where you pay for your drinks – or not, because no one is watching.
In a finding that will have office managers everywhere scurrying for the photocopier, researchers have discovered that merely a picture of watching eyes nearly trebled the amount of money put in the box."
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