counting the drop order

[Pedobear]

So i was in a ZK farm party on my cleric today. At first it was great. our first ZK pull went awesome. a staff dropped, the fighter got it and gave it to one of the mages. I was actually impressed with how smooth this was all going for just another PuG.

Then we got to our second ZK spawn. we nuked the two adds and picked up their loot. then something odd happened. an elrue randomly dropped, then was picked up. then a piece of beast leather. finally a piece of copper ore drops and i end up picking it up and i realized what was going on. the fighter was counting the drop order and dropping pieces to make sure he picked up ZK's drop.

Why? it was an int and spr ring and he ended giving it up to one of the mages, but what's the point? Really is it that big of a deal that you get all the great loot? do you have to be such a loot whore that you're willing to tarnish your reputation and hurt your chances of finding a good party in the future?

so, anyone else notice the weirdos like these? what do you do to screw them up? drop some loot of your own to throw off the count?