The "Bus Paradox."
I came up with the term Bus Paradox to describe a weird behaviour that i have observed for many years.
You queue for a bus at the bus interchange. When the bus comes, you get onto it. In the distant away, someone sees the bus and starts running for it as the bus driver closes the bus door. (This is the first of the conflicting behaviour)
When the bus driver sees it, he opens the door to let the person catch up. The person, upon seeing this, slows back down to a walk.
Don't you think that this is a weird behaviour? i do think so. Does opening the bus door give anyone a signal meaning "It's okay, you can slow down and waste everyone's time."?
hmm.. if i was the bus driver and i saw the person walking, i'd close the door again and drive away.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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