The only thing this does is to create a confrontational negotiation from the get-go. Money can do strange things. A company's choice for a job asked for more money first. When the company said yes, he turned down the job after all. He said he feared the higher salary would create too high an expectation of his performance.
People can do some strange things, even when they're trying to impress a prospective employer.
For everything you read here, there is someone who swears that it's true. One woman applying for a job announced she hadn't had lunch. During her interview, she proceeded to eat a hamburger and French fries and wipe the ketchup on her sleeve. One prospective employee promised that, if he were hired, he would dem-onstrate his loyalty by having the corporate logo tattooed on his forearm. One candidate cleaned his ears with his car keys during his interview.