Did you ever think about how much we trust other people? Today at the bank I just handed the teller my $100 bill without hesitation*. I trust the bus driver with my life twice a day to get me to and from work. If something tragic happens such as a fire or your Great Aunt Meryl falls and breaks a hip, we dial 911, tell them our address, and get in the car with absolute strangers. That's just it. They're strangers. We don't know them; yet we feel the need to check our significant other's phone messages and interrogate them if they arrive just 5 minutes past his or her ETA.
They say to trust your instincts. Usually we trust anyone in a hospital with a white coat; yet we always request a second opinion. We trust our friends when we start a convo with "OMG don't tell anyone this but..." Usually that same phrase is uttered 15 mins later by the same person who just heard it. So how do we decide who we do and do not trust?
* Why do I have a $100 bill you ask? Well, because Brittany gave it to me.**
** Why did Brittany have a $100 bill? Well, because she just got back from Vegas.***
***Ya, I don't want to talk about it.
This topic could be a book... Might put together a few chapters....
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