Saturday,

The other day I was travelling in the bus from home to office. As usual I was the first guy to board the bus and that day was special to me in some way. So I chose to sit in the Last seat available in the bus to get a good view of the passengers boarding. I noticed something very interesting. People boarding the bus do not always choose “any” seat in the bus, they choose “the” seat in the bus which satisfies them based on some parameters. So how does the selection occur. what makes a person not to choose the first seat available in the bus and what makes them decide that the seat they have chosen is best for them.

Take a simple bus which has echat chat some seats (say 30 seats) and the window in every seat is either open or closed. I am going to brainstorm . so here goes

The place in the seat. 1) . should be comfortable. 2) . should be near to the window. 3) . should not be near to the door to avoid taking a hit from people rushing in 4) . can be the first seat near to the driver so that one can get a good view of the road. 5) . can be the last seat so that one can have privacy while, say reading a book and to avoid curious people taking a peek from your back. 6) . should not be over the tyre of the bus to avoid a bumpy ride 7) . should not be near a fat person who takes 3/4 th of the space leaving you enough space to keep your toe. 8) . Continue reading “A DAY IN THE BUS: SEAT SELECTION PSYCHOLOGY”