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Monday, January 10, 2011

why

do we do the things we do?

is it out of habit?

is it out of a sense of misplaced courtesy and respect?

let's say somebody was reading a page of the book you were reading - you are sitting on a bus and this person is sitting on a raised seat behind you, so he/she is effectively reading your book over your shoulder - what would you do?

would you:
  • be really annoyed and just close your book and do something else?
  • not care and just continue reading?
  • hold the page open a little longer while pretending to read and flip the page when you think your fellow reader has finished, even though you finished the pages quite some time ago?
the 'ideal' answer would of course be to not care and just continue reading, as you were...

... right?