Strangers, of course. They’re everywhere.
“Excuse me, I said to the woman behind me one morning in the queue at Dunkin’ Donuts. “I’m currently asking strangers to make all my decisions. Would you mind picking out a dozendoughnuts(甜甜圈)for me?
“I’ll order two, but then you’re on your own, she said.
“Never mind.
Everyone knows the first two doughnuts are the easy ones.
“I’ll do it, but you’ll have to tell me what you like, agangly(身材瘦长的)woman who had overheard theprevious exchange said.
“Thanks, but that kind of defeats my purpose, I responded. “As long as you’re paying, a thick-armed guy shrugged at me just as it was his turn to order.
He attacked the chore withglee(快乐,欢欣). His choices were a blur of glaze and frosting. He stopped only once, looked back at me and said, “Sprinkles, two sprinkles, and they fell into the box with the majesty of a fireworks grand finale.
It was a win-win, a successful random act ofindecision(优柔寡断,犹豫不决)(RAI). And I was striking a blow for science. “Your experiment will reveal how much pleasure in a dessert comes from it simply being a dessert, rather than a dessert that you would have chosen, Plous had observed. “In many cases, the difference in benefit between two choices is smaller than we’d guess.
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