Its all in the seat

Have you ever wondered how when you walk into a seating place (be it an Auditorium, the Airport, a lecture hall, a seminar or any other place), you always seem to “want” to sit in some particular spot; and you’re feel disappointed when that spot has been taken by someone. Mind you, this spot might not be precise — infact, mostly its very fuzzy, and depends highly on the context (class/movie/game etc) — however, it is consistent in the sense that in more or less every lecture you’d find yourself sitting (or intending to sit) at the same place.

I have often thought about this, and its my strong belief that the choices we make for our seats (much as the choices we make for anything else) can tell a lot about our psyche and personality. More than once, I tried to embark upon an experimental evaluation of this theory, but it never worked out. The most interesting aspect of course, would be to draw some generalized conclusions, such that given a person’s seating pattern, you would be able to say something about his/her personality and psychological make up. Wouldn’t that be interesting? I’m sure the intelligence agencies already have stuff like this that they don’t make public!