Hot-button word

Why is “zero” such a hot-button word?’’

            The word “zero” can have many different meanings, which makes it such an interesting topic/word. Zero, when you hear about it right off the bat, usually brings a negative thought to your brain but when you really think about it and how much you take advantage of things being “zero” it can really be a good thing. We are all about things being free, or costing nothing (zero), so much so that we forget the downsides of taking something that’s free. This is one example of how we don’t stop to think about zero being a good thing; we never hesitate to take something that doesn’t cost anything because we think we don’t have anything to lose from it.  Even though we designate zero as a negative thing, such as when we rate things on a scale from zero-ten, we don’t realize the negative implications zero can have like I said before, taking something you don’t need or settling for something because it’s free, even though it doesn’t completely fit what you want. Sometimes things that don’t cost anything can end up being more a cost or hassle because you could decide later on that you really do want exactly what you had pictured in your mind of the product you wanted, and you now have to go out and buy it, wasting more time and money when you could have just spent the money in the first place. I have had this happen to me, settling for something that my friend gave me because its free, but end up going out to the store anyways to get the same product, but that has more features that match what I needed/wanted.