I wonder if there’s any other post with more examples of status moves; particularly those likeliest to clue socially naïve people in on how dismally low status everyone else perceives them to be. So far, I haven’t found such a post.
I’ll contribute an example I found striking: whenever you arrive second at some place where you’ll have to wait in line, do you dutifully stand behind the first, or do you ignore them and start a new line in parallel with them? If everyone else waits behind you and ignores them, too, you’ve won!—they’ll be forced to join your queue at the end. Of course, you need to be careful not to try this with someone physically able and willing to reclaim their place in the line by beating you to a pulp, but this is basically true of any status game.
I wonder if there’s any other post with more examples of status moves; particularly those likeliest to clue socially naïve people in on how dismally low status everyone else perceives them to be. So far, I haven’t found such a post.
I’ll contribute an example I found striking: whenever you arrive second at some place where you’ll have to wait in line, do you dutifully stand behind the first, or do you ignore them and start a new line in parallel with them? If everyone else waits behind you and ignores them, too, you’ve won!—they’ll be forced to join your queue at the end. Of course, you need to be careful not to try this with someone physically able and willing to reclaim their place in the line by beating you to a pulp, but this is basically true of any status game.