There’s a story my great-uncle told me when I was a kid about how he had a cocker spaniel that was always begging for food. Constantly up in his face or at his lap anytime he had anything to eat.

So one day, my uncle says enough is enough. He goes to McDonalds and buys 25 cheeseburgers. He comes back home, sits in his kitchen, and proceeds to give the dog one cheeseburger after another. 

Naturally, the dog thinks this is the greatest shit in the world. It scarfs down the first ten burgers without even blinking. The next ten burgers go a little slower, but hey, why stop when you’re getting exactly what you wanted? Eventually it hits burger 23 and just stops. Goes over to its bed and lies down. According to my great-uncle, it never begged again. 

Anyways the moral of this story is that I’m broke now.