13 Perception Is Everything Analysis

We got rid of our cable about a month ago in an attempt to watch less TV. What I've learned is that you don't really need a TV service. We can watch most of our favorite shows online for free and, of course, we have Netflix to take up hours upon hours of our time. We've tried not to watch too much TV, but this past weekend I found a show called 13 Reasons Why and became interested in the plot about a woman who takes her own life and then describes the 13 reasons why she does so. I'm on episode 12 out of 13, but for the last few episodes, I've been struck by an important message that I keep thinking about. There is a slight spoiler from an episode that I'm going to talk about, so if you don't like spoilers, you won't want to keep reading.

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And in my life, I can see that even a slight gesture can be perceived differently by two people and have a huge effect on their relationship or the outcome of a situation.

For instance, just yesterday, my husband was putting some condiments on a hot dog he bought. My husband thought that a guy standing close to him was still waiting for his order, so he was taking his time at the condiment table. From my viewpoint, I could see that the guy had a hot dog in his hand and was waiting for my husband to get out of the way, but my husband didn't see the hot dog in his hand. I watched from afar as the guy got more upset as my husband appeared to be a jerk taking up the table. When my husband reached the table I was sitting at, he told me that he had reached for some sauce and said excuse me to that guy, and the guy replied with 'You just keep on truckin'!' My husband didn't know why the guy was so rude because from his perception he had done nothing wrong. From the other guy's perception, my husband was a big jerk who was purposefully taking a long time to get his hot dog ready.

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