if something screws you over once. do you refuse to try it again?  

Well it depends on the situation. If it's obvious that this is a dead-end thing, then I would surely leave it as it is. But if that was just bad luck and nothing more, then I would perhaps give it another try or maybe find a better and safer alternative to it. But yea, to be honest such screw-ups can ruin my will to continue with the thing.

Hi Moonlitmagikchild (cool name!)....There's a saying: Once bitten. Twice shy.
Personally, if I've been screwed over once, that's it for me. Whether it be a friend, restaurant, PTC, employer, whatever. Life is too short. Caution doesn't even come into the equation for me. The thing is, I consider myself to be an honest person. I won't do anything to screw "you" or something up. I'm loyal and true blue. I just don't have time for second chances. Been there, done that. Most of the time, it wasn't worth a second chance because, more often than not, the same thing happened again. There are hundreds of restaurants to to go. Hundreds of PTC's to try. Millions of people in the world. Why would I waste what precious time I have on this earth with something or someone who doesn't share my ethics or values? Some might think I'm a bit "hard core" in my opinions about this but I believe in living each day of life like it's your last. Truth is, you never know if it actually is your last. I'm not going to waste a second of it!

Hi, moonlitmagikchild. I am on your side with this. I am known to take another chance when things don't work out for me. I may still get burned but I did take that chance to find out. I never will try to let one bad experience with something stop me from trying again with something else. That is just how I am. I try not to let one bad experience get me skeptical. I will press on until I get what I need.

I have signed up top do a mystery shop, and after I did the shop, they told me at the last minute i had to take a test I took the test fail it, and I couldn't get paid so I decided not to do mystery shops, for any one any more, when they sent me a shop in my e-mail I just deleted it.

If someone, or something screws me over once, that is that. I am not going to give someone a second chance, after they blew the first one.

I usually won't try something too out there unless I know of someone who has already tried and it works. If something does screw me over, I usually won't try something like that again for a long time, until I feel confident that this time, it'll work. I'll usually give something a second chance. After that, I'm not so sure.

if someone screw me once then maybe i can forgive them but not to accept them in my life anymore. if they are able to do that once then im sure they will still going to do it again and again as you showed them forgiveness. so maybe ill just forgive but things will be change now.

With a business or web site, I tend not to ever try them again. I have probably only had two exceptions to this.

ofcourse when something screws you once, you will loose trust for that matter..

but it also depends, like if one of my friend hv recommended something and it didnt turn out well, it dosent mean i will not try his next idea..

i ll say its more like a situational decision rather a thumb rule ;)

If the idea behind it is sound, I won't mind trying something again, even if I was screwed once. Of course I would be much more caution the second time round :)

Sometimes failure is not trying enough times.