Little Happier: In a Public Restroom, Which Stall Do You Choose?
Nov 8, 2021
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Paradox of Similarity and Difference
We are often more similar and different from other people than we tend to assume.
We often underestimate how common a behavior is, but we also overestimate how common another behavior is.
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Restroom Stall Choices
A woman proudly shared her strategy for picking the least-used restroom stall, assuming she was outsmarting others.
Gretchen Rubin revealed that research shows the middle stalls are actually the most used, highlighting how people's behaviors are often more alike than we realize.
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A woman told me her clever system for choosing the least-used stall in a public restroom, which reminded me that we’re more alike, and more different, than we imagine—because her system for outwitting the public is the same system that everyone else uses, too.
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