Whenever I’m driving and someone does something really stupid, I’ve started saying to myself “don’t be mad, cut them some slack, it’s clearly their first day driving.” I started saying it as a joke, but honestly it seems pretty accurate most of the time.
Edit: I shared this with a friend and she responded
My sister and I text each other OWIHTP when we are behind someone who waits for their entire set of groceries to be scanned and bagged and loaded and suddenly realizes they will have to pay for these food stuffs and only then begins searching for a method of payment. It means “Oh, wait, I have to pay.” Happens waaaay too often.
I have a theory for why OWIHTP happens: Shopping is exhausting. Having to process all the products in the store, minding the shopping list, and what you’ve picked up already and what you need to pick up what isn’t on the list, deciding between alternatives and sometimes reorganizing big chunks of the list because what you wanted to get isn’t available – is immensely draining.
When you’re at checkout and don’t have anything to do mentally, you give the brain a rest it gladly accepts.
Whenever I’m driving and someone does something really stupid, I’ve started saying to myself “don’t be mad, cut them some slack, it’s clearly their first day driving.” I started saying it as a joke, but honestly it seems pretty accurate most of the time.
Edit: I shared this with a friend and she responded
I have a theory for why OWIHTP happens: Shopping is exhausting. Having to process all the products in the store, minding the shopping list, and what you’ve picked up already and what you need to pick up what isn’t on the list, deciding between alternatives and sometimes reorganizing big chunks of the list because what you wanted to get isn’t available – is immensely draining.
When you’re at checkout and don’t have anything to do mentally, you give the brain a rest it gladly accepts.
Yeah, and at the end of the day, we’re all just bags of meat with electricity flowing through us. It’s amazing we’ve made it this far.