A man peeing and a wall for reference!
i am buiding a small house on the outskirts of a meium sized town and it has been an enlightening experience, to say the least - and i plan to put up details of it in another site. Initially, i was least interested in participating in the construction, as all i wanted was 4 walls and a washroom, and i had better things to do - "like follow prices!", but later circumstances forced me to get fully involved and i think i have learnt quite a bit.
The house, 800 sq.ft, is situated on 2000 sq. ft of land and there are another 300 vacant plots in 12-acre compund.
Yesterday, a group of 11 men, who form the lowest part of the construction chain, came to lay the the roof (centering).
On guy moved to side of the house and started peeing on the wall. (he didnt know i could see him). I was too stunned to say anything for a minute, as the brown bricks of my newly built house slowly turned blood red!
I just kept quiet and pretended i didnt see anything but the incident really set me thinking.
why would a guy want to pee on the wall, when he has 12-acres of open space and atleast 500 trees, which makes it rather woody.
Obviously, the guy is used to peeing in street corners and other such places and he is propably conditioned to pee on a wall, which provides a frame of reference. further, it could it even be that the sight of free wall triggers the sense to pee !, but i will stick to former. so, the guy needs a frame of reference to pee.
I was just thinking, how different are sophisticated investors from the guy peeing on the wall. Afterall, in DNA terms we would 99.99% same. Maybe , we are not different from him in other ways too.
All of needs our false walls to lean on, to make decisions. We prefer the promximity of the building to the unknown woods. We are inherently loathe to venture far whether it is to invest or to pee!
The house, 800 sq.ft, is situated on 2000 sq. ft of land and there are another 300 vacant plots in 12-acre compund.
Yesterday, a group of 11 men, who form the lowest part of the construction chain, came to lay the the roof (centering).
On guy moved to side of the house and started peeing on the wall. (he didnt know i could see him). I was too stunned to say anything for a minute, as the brown bricks of my newly built house slowly turned blood red!
I just kept quiet and pretended i didnt see anything but the incident really set me thinking.
why would a guy want to pee on the wall, when he has 12-acres of open space and atleast 500 trees, which makes it rather woody.
Obviously, the guy is used to peeing in street corners and other such places and he is propably conditioned to pee on a wall, which provides a frame of reference. further, it could it even be that the sight of free wall triggers the sense to pee !, but i will stick to former. so, the guy needs a frame of reference to pee.
I was just thinking, how different are sophisticated investors from the guy peeing on the wall. Afterall, in DNA terms we would 99.99% same. Maybe , we are not different from him in other ways too.
All of needs our false walls to lean on, to make decisions. We prefer the promximity of the building to the unknown woods. We are inherently loathe to venture far whether it is to invest or to pee!
posted by tvm at 11:21 AM
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