1. I wish as I exited my apartment, my phone would yell reminders of things that I needed to be taking. (Ex. keys, jacket, receipt, mail, etc.)
1B. I also wish as I entered my apartment my phone would yell reminders of chores that I needed to be doing. (Ex. laundry, dishes)
1C. What I really need to do is move back in with my mom. (Mom, jump to number 2.) Only benefit of the app above, is that you can turn it on and off.
2. Boxing ratings had already being going down but after the Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight, the sport was killed. Ironically, the person who this hurts the most is Bradley, the person who the judges picked incorrectly as the winner.
2B. The reaction to the decision on social media was pretty incredible. I know there is a saying that "there is no such thing as bad press", but I am pretty sure this was a case where the saying doesn't fit.
3. I hate the Boston Celtics, but when Doc Rivers substituted the Big three out of Game 7, I realized how much I respected them. They remind me, of the old guys who play pickup basketball, and somehow manage to stay close in every game, hitting open jumpers, setting solid screens, always boxing out, and then end up winning if the younger players take bad shots or try to show off too much.
4. Last week, I decided to become more active on Quora. Here are some of the questions I have recently been thinking about:
A. Do taxi cab drivers enjoy small talk?/How often are they asked where they are from?
B. How quickly do skilled waiters make a call on how much tip they will be receiving from a table?/ Do good waiters optimize to spend more time on tables they know they will get better tip at?
C. How come Ping Pong or Air Hockey tables are rarely found at bars/lounges, but Pool tables and Dart Boards are?
5. Recently, I decided to do a minor social experiment changing my phone background color and viewing people's reactions. An early observation has been, no one says anything when I use a background color that is traditionally socially acceptable for a male to like, but as soon as I changed my background to pink or purple, many people would make comments.
5B. I also have been trying this experiment on the bus to see whether this affects who will sit next to me. Again, without any statistical proof (my sample size is about 20), young men and older men and women avoid sitting next to me when I use Pink and Purple, while with younger women I notice no difference when I change my background color.
5C. Yes, if you have seen me recently, I have been studying your behavior.
1B. I also wish as I entered my apartment my phone would yell reminders of chores that I needed to be doing. (Ex. laundry, dishes)
1C. What I really need to do is move back in with my mom. (Mom, jump to number 2.) Only benefit of the app above, is that you can turn it on and off.
2. Boxing ratings had already being going down but after the Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight, the sport was killed. Ironically, the person who this hurts the most is Bradley, the person who the judges picked incorrectly as the winner.
2B. The reaction to the decision on social media was pretty incredible. I know there is a saying that "there is no such thing as bad press", but I am pretty sure this was a case where the saying doesn't fit.
3. I hate the Boston Celtics, but when Doc Rivers substituted the Big three out of Game 7, I realized how much I respected them. They remind me, of the old guys who play pickup basketball, and somehow manage to stay close in every game, hitting open jumpers, setting solid screens, always boxing out, and then end up winning if the younger players take bad shots or try to show off too much.
4. Last week, I decided to become more active on Quora. Here are some of the questions I have recently been thinking about:
A. Do taxi cab drivers enjoy small talk?/How often are they asked where they are from?
B. How quickly do skilled waiters make a call on how much tip they will be receiving from a table?/ Do good waiters optimize to spend more time on tables they know they will get better tip at?
C. How come Ping Pong or Air Hockey tables are rarely found at bars/lounges, but Pool tables and Dart Boards are?
5. Recently, I decided to do a minor social experiment changing my phone background color and viewing people's reactions. An early observation has been, no one says anything when I use a background color that is traditionally socially acceptable for a male to like, but as soon as I changed my background to pink or purple, many people would make comments.
5B. I also have been trying this experiment on the bus to see whether this affects who will sit next to me. Again, without any statistical proof (my sample size is about 20), young men and older men and women avoid sitting next to me when I use Pink and Purple, while with younger women I notice no difference when I change my background color.
5C. Yes, if you have seen me recently, I have been studying your behavior.
I feel like sometimes waiters/taxi drivers/bartenders/etc. are kind of forcing small talk upon you maybe in the hope of making a connection. They will just keep asking questions even though I'm clearly checking something on my phone, or thinking about something else, and I'm just answering with one liners.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, I like to think they enjoy it. I mean, it's kind of awkward for people to remain in proximity for extended periods without saying a word.
I agree, but think the majority of the time time the patrons are the party who are forcing the small talk.
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