Philosophy: perceptions, part 0: fresh stock

Self-tutoring about perceptions: the tutor begins about how people see things.

I’ve been told, time and again, that consumers will more likely buy something from a full shelf than one with only a few left – even if they want just one. Yet, I had a friend years ago who saw it the other way.

“If I see the shelves get depleted, then I know they buy fresh stock,” he commented. This was important to him, so he preferred stores that “ran out” of things once in a while, for that reason.

I’m sure he wasn’t the first person to think that way, but he’s the only person I’ve heard explain that point of view.

Interesting, eh?

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.