It’s elegant, efficient and I would also add: socially polite. If everyone else knows what is going on, you don’t need to add to the noise by making them explain it to you. For example, if the homeless person was trying to get some sleep, and not having a heart attack, it would be annoying if people kept waking him up to check on him. If you look around, maybe somebody knows which case it is.
Also I think performance anxiety is important. It’s not just shyness—I think a sense of inferiority is correct. I don’t know how to do the Heimlich! And if I pull over, am I pulling over in the right spot or will I be in the way of the emergency vehicles? This isn’t just rationalization—I would be greatly relieved to find an unobtrusive place to park.
It’s elegant, efficient and I would also add: socially polite. If everyone else knows what is going on, you don’t need to add to the noise by making them explain it to you. For example, if the homeless person was trying to get some sleep, and not having a heart attack, it would be annoying if people kept waking him up to check on him. If you look around, maybe somebody knows which case it is.
Also I think performance anxiety is important. It’s not just shyness—I think a sense of inferiority is correct. I don’t know how to do the Heimlich! And if I pull over, am I pulling over in the right spot or will I be in the way of the emergency vehicles? This isn’t just rationalization—I would be greatly relieved to find an unobtrusive place to park.