Waving your dollar, you walk around , trying to make eye contact. There are no takers. The bus stops, and a new passenger, clearly a person of a higher socio-economical level than the other passengers, takes the deal. Another true story. So you think of cashing in a couple of subway tokens, but they do not take them back at the token booth.
Every employee uses at least two tokens every day, but there are no takers.
Then the boss walks in , and he takes the offer. Try, and you will see that most poor people do not take the opportunty to make an extra buck, they prefer to buy lottery tickets. Only successful people trust themselves to take advantage of a little opportunity. That is clearly better than consensus compromise, at least we'll have one good solid wood stack. In many situations, however, we can't take the chance to try different ways.