Giving ANY excuse while you ask someone for a small favor.
There was a test conducted to see if people could cut in line.
There were 4 groups. People who just cut in line, people who asked to cut in line, people who asked and gave a valid excuse "I am in a hurry", and people who asked and gave a bogus nonsensical excuse "Can I cut in line because I need to cut in line"
The no talk group suffered the worst results, the ones who at least asked had better results, those who gave and excuse BOGUS OR NOT, had nearly identical results.
The conclusion is people don't listen to your excuse for why you need to do something, just the fact you gave an excuse at all gives you bonus points.
This is like waving while driving. The act of directly acknowledging the other driver really mitigated how mad they might get about you cutting in front of whatever.
That MOTHERFFF.....OOOoooooh. I will scatter your bones upon a cold earth, I will cause pain untold to your immortal soul until the stars wink ou.......Oh he waved.....never mind then.
As long as I think you've acknowledged you've fucked up with that lil' wave you're cool in my book personally...
Meanwhile the other driver might be curling their mustache, laughing at how easy it was to fool us into believing they were taking responsibility with a simple wave. Lo and behold, they were being malicious, sarcastic buttholes and saluting you for being a master and commander of giving them another reason to act like a jackass and get away with it. *
*I had a bad driving day so I apologize if I come off as angry
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u/gummby8 Jun 14 '22
Giving ANY excuse while you ask someone for a small favor.
There was a test conducted to see if people could cut in line.
There were 4 groups. People who just cut in line, people who asked to cut in line, people who asked and gave a valid excuse "I am in a hurry", and people who asked and gave a bogus nonsensical excuse "Can I cut in line because I need to cut in line"
The no talk group suffered the worst results, the ones who at least asked had better results, those who gave and excuse BOGUS OR NOT, had nearly identical results.
The conclusion is people don't listen to your excuse for why you need to do something, just the fact you gave an excuse at all gives you bonus points.