A movie example of this might be Andy Dufrane's shoes in Shawshank. Sure Andy wasn't fretting over his shoes - as we noted - he was able to wear dress shoes without anyone noticing inside the prison. Or maybe he was worried - but as Red points out - who looks at a man's shoes?
This all came to mind, most recently, as I was about to email my advisor. Brief back story: I am registered for 4 classes, and only wish to take 3, but must make sure I can drop the other class without putting myself in any sort of danger in regard to my graduating in May.
That being said - I was planning on emailing my adviser, who is also the department chair for my major - nice how things worked out there. As I opened up my email to being drafting my message to her, I noticed the time. It is 1:30 am. Not that I really care what my adviser thinks about my emailing her school related things at 1:30 in the morning, but it reminded me of past instances where I might email work, or a teacher, at 2 or 3 in the morning during the week. In these situations I always wonder what the professor might think seeing an email coming in at that time - especially an employer - especially hours before you are due into work.
But then I think - do I ever look at the sent time. Maybe if I, too, am on my computer at a late hour - I might make note of the time an email pops in. Otherwise the only thing I could tell you about when an email came is the date it was sent. I never bother to take note of the hour of the day when that email was drafted. In reflecting on this I realize how silly it is, that we sometimes scrutinize 10 or even 100 times more than we would if our role would be reversed.
Maybe no one else does this and it is just me. But I have a feeling, on some level, I am not alone in this.
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