I dunno. If somebody's like "I'll give you $5 to do nothing for the next hour," unless I had something I had to do, it'd seem fair to me. I wouldn't think "Well, no, because I could make $7.25 for an hour working at McDonalds, so it's not worth my time."
Yeah, this. It's not about "weighing something against minimum wage" more than it's about "do I want the free time or the money?"
If someone offers me $5 to sit there, and I think I'd rather have the time than the $5, that makes sense. If someone offers me $5 to sit there, I don't go "Hmmm, I could be working and make more money."
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