My son and I discussed this just this morning while watching a rerun of Les Stroud's "Survive This". One of the kids clearly thought she was auditioning for a different show. She whined, complained and generally seemed to make life difficult for everyone until she finally had the good sense to go home.

The difference in real life is that there often isn't an opt out or kick out option. Ya gets what ya gets.

Some people are happy being miserable or arguing. There are 3 basic strategies if you can't find middle ground: Put up and shut up, break-away or start digging a hole to bury the body.