This may seem a little more offbeat than our usual stories, but over the weekend I was dining with a friend in an upscale restaurant when he asked the waiter for a plate of pickles as an appetizer.  I didn’t think anything about it at first, and just giggled and munched a pickle with him when they arrived.  When the waiter came to refill my water glass, I asked him for a slice of lemon.  My friend, however, asked for a couple of...

We go about our lives every day not realizing that we are participating in mundane activities of daily living. For example, when you get onto an elevator, you go to an open spot and turn to face the door. What happens when someone doesn’t follow this normal protocol of elevator behavior? Let’s say it’s early morning in a busy office building and someone gets onto an elevator in pajamas, stands by the door in the middle and...