The Psychology of Why Some People Can’t Say ‘No!’
“As kids growing up, my sister and I could never understand why our parents always helped with church activities, to the extent that almost every weekend was occupied with major time-consuming tasks.
“Often we would hear them complain about feeling used, but we never heard them say ‘No.’
“Also, they tend to believe and trust everyone, once buying a $3,000 vacuum cleaner from two door-to-door salesmen claiming it would purify air in their home. We were able to unwind that sale under the three-day-cooling-off law.
