tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post1966890487905890671..comments2024-03-11T12:46:28.806-04:00Comments on You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: I have seen things, manC.J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-34709145206185032702017-01-09T09:31:56.153-05:002017-01-09T09:31:56.153-05:00One day I got on at Rouge Hill and took the first ...One day I got on at Rouge Hill and took the first empty seat I saw in the second level. A woman got on and found me sitting there and, well, you'd think that her entire life had been destroyed forever because I was sitting in "her" seat! <br /><br />Despite the stink-eye and nasty comments I got all the way to Union, I stayed where I was, as I didn't want to give her the satisfaction. These people must have pathetic little lives if something like this upsets them so much. Pitiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-16092862417414354642017-01-06T12:06:42.744-05:002017-01-06T12:06:42.744-05:00It's actually quite an interesting psychologic...It's actually quite an interesting psychological phenomenon: we are forced to make so many small decisions each day that we naturally seek to minimize unnecessary ones. Sitting in the exact same seat every day relieves us of having to choose where to sit. Psychologist Barry Schwartz wrote an interesting book about this about ten years back called "The Paradox of Choice".<br /><br />And that's my nerdy contribution of the day.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160376382277488872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-44630180294820912682017-01-06T10:35:38.629-05:002017-01-06T10:35:38.629-05:00I used to do this with the GO train years ago!
...I used to do this with the GO train years ago! <br /><br />They cannot deal with it and you can see the wheels just cranking in their head as they process.<br /><br /><br />So.much.fun. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230203164105678177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-84758813691102988022017-01-06T09:53:18.957-05:002017-01-06T09:53:18.957-05:00^ So much truth.
The hens always sit in the same s...^ So much truth.<br />The hens always sit in the same seats, too.<br />Should have really gone for gold this morning and done what you didC.J. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.com