At lunch today I ordered my food, got a drink and sat down to enjoy my Reader's Digest. I tasted my beverage and realized I had gotten sweet tea by mistake. I went back, emptied my cup and chose again. Same result! It wasn't until I was leaving that I figured it out. I am accustomed to seeing tea dispensers marked "SWEET" and "UNSWEET". I noticed the "N" but did not fully comprehend the word "SWEETENED". How coincidental, then, that I was reading your 7 Dumb Things We Do article. Touché!
As Joseph T. Hallinan makes clear in his compelling new book, Why We Make Mistakes (Broadway Books, $24.95), the human mind is a very interesting thing.
7 Dumb Things We Do And 8 Tricks To Keep Errors at Bay
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