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To: Suma who wrote (711)	6/12/2005 12:42:54 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544141

I didn't intend to be humorous. <g> That behavior bewilders me. When I have something all shiny and new, I'm very particular to keep it that way. Once it has a spot or a dent, I change my attitude about it and don't concern myself much with the second or third spot or dent. So I can understand why people who live in old, ratty buildings don't plant flowers. But I can't get my head around wrecking something new and shiny. I understand that some of it just conditioning and habit. People just don't know any better. I read "La Vida" when in college. But you'd think a brand new apartment would jar the inertia of habit. The following anecdote is neither here nor there but I thought about it when I was writing about habit. In my last job I noticed over the years that there were a few women who always wiped the sink in the ladies' room after using it. They'd dry their hands with a paper towel and then use the towel to wipe up the water spots around the sink. I must say that it never occurred to me to do that. Sinks are designed to get wet and the water evaporates so why wipe it up. Perhaps these women thought I was raised by wolves just as we here on this thread obviously react to someone who would urinate in the hall.