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logicbuttonFrom the chapter on human error in one of my textbooks, The Design of Everyday Things (a very interesting book in its own right, even--especially?--with all the dated technological references):
"A colleague reported that he went to his car to drive to work. As he drove away, he realized that he had forgotten his briefcase, so he turned around and went back. He stopped the car, turned off the engine, and unbuckled his wristwatch. Yes, wristwatch, instead of his seatbelt."
"'I was using a copying machine, and I was counting the pages. I found myself counting '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King.' I have been playing cards recently.'"
"...[Y]ou go off to your bedroom to change your clothes for dinner and find yourself in bed."
"A former student reported that one day he came home from jogging, took off his sweaty shirt, and rolled it up in a ball, intending to throw it in the laundry basket. Instead he threw it in the toilet."
"'My office phone rang. I picked up the receiver and bellowed 'Come in' at it.'"
"A colleague reported that he went to his car to drive to work. As he drove away, he realized that he had forgotten his briefcase, so he turned around and went back. He stopped the car, turned off the engine, and unbuckled his wristwatch. Yes, wristwatch, instead of his seatbelt."
"'I was using a copying machine, and I was counting the pages. I found myself counting '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King.' I have been playing cards recently.'"
"...[Y]ou go off to your bedroom to change your clothes for dinner and find yourself in bed."
"A former student reported that one day he came home from jogging, took off his sweaty shirt, and rolled it up in a ball, intending to throw it in the laundry basket. Instead he threw it in the toilet."
"'My office phone rang. I picked up the receiver and bellowed 'Come in' at it.'"
