This happened today and made me think of this thread:
It is a live freeroll with 50-60 players, total prize pool of around $4800. We got down to 20 people coming out of the second break and someone suggested chopping 20 ways (about $240 each). I agreed as well as everyone at the table except an old man. I had a mediocre stack and, since this tournament structure was relatively fast, nobody even had 50 BB. The old man was chip leader, though, so it was understandable. No big deal. Play continued.
We get down to the final table of 10 players. The tournament paid 7, so we discussed another chop, ranging from an even 10-way chop (about $480 each) to everyone taking $200 and playing for the rest. Old man rejects it and play continues.
The man's chip stack is eventually cut in half and the largest stack at the table is under 20 BB. We bring up chopping again with 9 players left. He rejects it a third time and says we'll discuss it after the current hand/blind round.
He gets eliminated that very hand, walks away with nothing, and everyone else agrees to an even chop of $600.