Originally Posted by
Brennan
Heh, I'm lazy too, which is why I would have parked once and walked to the different stores. I find parking and maneuvering a car in a commercial area to be a much bigger PITA than just walking, so I'm not sure that laziness explains the behavior.
Yes, I would have done the same thing. But laziness isn't always logical. There's also the difference between mental and physical effort, and time lost/gained vs. physical effort.
I call it laziness, but maybe there should be a word that describes the lengths people go to to save walking a few yards. Visit any large shopping mall on a busy afternoon. You'll see folks driving round and round looking for a "convenient" spot near the entrance, or near the end of the mall where they plan to shop, while empty spaces go begging at the periphery.
So, is it "laziness" or do we have a more appropriate word for it in the English language. It's said that Inuits have 60 words for snow, maybe given all the ways we've become lazy, maybe Americans need 60 words for avoidance of physical effort.