On 13 Dec 2000 at 14:50 -0800, Randy Bush apparently wrote:
> my wife, a preschool teacher was in oslo. she said that she had never
> conceived that so many add (attention deficit) people could be in one
> place. our population has an overly high proportion of people who
> think that they are more 'important' than everyone else, the kind of
> folk who cut in plane boarding lines as if they will get to seattle
> sooner.
I don't think it's arrogance. Most of the people I talk to at the IETF
are socially aware. I suspect it's two things. First, this is a crew
who have been conditioned in their jobs to do whatever it takes to
accomplish goals. That's fine in a controlled environment but can cause
trouble in the outside world. Second, the overcrowding at the social
event was such that it was clear there was a very good chance that if
you weren't at the front of a "line" you would not get what you wanted
ever. Ever. Not a situation we face very often.
