Another bass player and I were in a class in which we had different answers to the question, "Are people basically good or bad?"
Later that day, during an orchestra rehearsal, that bass player's stand partner had to leave the room for several minutes. She held onto her bass and her stand partner's until he returned.
Just before her stand partner came back, I told her, "You've been holding two basses for all this time, without complaint. I take it back. People are basically good."
