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This phenomenon has precedents. When I was in college, many (many!) years before cellphones, and before personal computers, I went to see my undergraduate advis
by leephillips 5y ago
This phenomenon has precedents. When I was in college, many (many!) years before cellphones, and before personal computers, I went to see my undergraduate advisor. Oh no, a long line of students outside his office! Looks like over an hour wait. So I had a brilliant idea: I trotted back to the dorm and called him on the phone. He picked up on the first ring, and I got to ask him what I needed to while everyone else waited.
He was one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, but in the thrall of some psychological effect that I guess is part of our current smartphone pathology.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoNot too proud about it, but I’ve done this at Home Depot or other places while in the store and can’t find an employee and am in a hurry. Maybe the employee who is sent to the shelves to answer the caller’s question while a customer is standing around with a strikingly similar question was goofing off, or they were busy doing something else, IDK, but sometimes you need to just get things done.
- drdeadringer 5y agoBefore he retired, the head of my major's department would make you wait until he finished a game of Minefield before addressing you. I didn't believe it until I experienced it myself. He needed to retire long before I signed up, but that's neither here nor there. There are stories. I'm glad that now that that's all they are.