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The Power of Passive Expectations
Bob Greene: You know you are waiting for a particular event to happen. A single incident may make a recurrence less surprising, he says. The normality of a multitude of events will be altered by this incident, writes Greene. It is now unsurprising for the guests who first tasted the soup to startle violently when touched by a waiter,. Another guest stifle a cry when tasting soup from the same terrain.