How to Set People Up for Being Surprised in a Positive Way

In the first superman movie with christopher reede, lex luther is trying to poison him with cryptonite. So what lex does is he has it in a safe, which he is kind of protecting with his body. And then superman, who, of course, isn't that bright, but has other positive qualities, is like, get out of the way, luther. And then luther says, no, don't open that. In this particular example, you're setting up the expectations so you can exceed them. It's the same thing when the airline pilot is like, we're 14 minute early yet,. That's ecause they make all the flight times longer