If you enter a football stadium to watch a game and suddenly it starts to rain, should your decision to stay or leave depend on what you paid for the ticket, based on sunk cost fallacy?
A) No, because you can just watch the game on television instead.
B) No, because the money you paid for the ticket is gone either way.
C) Yes, because by staying you made sure you got your money's worth from the ticket.
D) It depends on how exciting the game is that you're thinking of leaving.

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The decision to stay or leave should not be influenced by the ticket cost because that money is already spent and cannot be recovered, illustrating the concept of sunk cost fallacy.

If You Enter a Football Stadium to Watch a Game