When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Boredom can lead to absurd behaviors that make others misunderstand your intentions.
- In plain terms
- When bored, I park nicely and pretend to leave to see if people ask.
- What can you take from it?
- Boredom often drives us to create artificial social interactions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What trivial things do you do just to fill time?
- How do you react when someone ignores you?
Another view
It assumes people care enough about others to check.
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