That teaching about pricing and manipulation is so valuable. Sometimes you can even pay for extra comfort because it is worth it.
When you made your point about acting like the person you want to be, this is very important teaching you can teach everyone that wants to increase their value in any way they find yourself.
For me I've been suffering from all those
guilty of impulse which binds something that are not required and your post makes me want to rethink all those my actions. So it's cool how you can turn these moments into a big lessons.