Have you come across people, who take a long time to study the menu in a restaurant or bar and make a detailed study of each content, all the while storing the bits and pieces in the decision-making part of their brain.
I have promised not to name some of them who I know, but I am sure you have come across such detail-oriented people.It's an amazing experience sitting with them in a restaurant and see them go through the various items of food and drink, make some comment on the ingredients, move on to another one (but in a systematic way, so that they don't miss out anything) which catches their fancy, comment again and finally make a choice. Sometimes, when they are unable to make the choice they will ask for help and sometimes when the dish/drink is not according to their taste, they will wonder, why they did'nt order something else. What makes me laugh is the opinion they ask of others as to what is good or not. They forget the most basic fact that everyone is unique and has different tastes, so what they find good, may not pass the mark in someone else book.
Give them 15-20 minutes and they are content to go through the ritual.Distract them through this by talking about something else, they will end up making a wrong choice...and you will be blamed.
This is my observation that my friends, who are in jobs which require a very sharp attention to detail, are more prone to this behaviour. Professionals in audit, compensation and benefits, operations etc are the one who love this style and actually do it thoroughly.
Hats off to them...but beware of disturbing them during this ritual !
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