Strange You; Strange Me

Are you observant? Ever noticed how we sometimes tend to have very strange behaviours?

Take for instance whenever in a conversation, and there's a mention of time, we'll look at our watch/clock even though it was entirely unnecessary. Example...

"I'm leaving office now, will be there in.... say... (looks at watch)... 15 mins."

Odds are you didn't need to look at a watch/clock to know that it will take you 15 mins to get to wherever you're headed. But you still take a glance at your watch.

It gets worse. If you pay enough attention, you'll notice that sometimes we glance at our watch when saying something about time which has got nothing to do with what's on the face of our watch.

"Her birthday is in about... hmm... (looks at watch)... 3 months time."

Fact is, the watch isn't going to help you calculate how many months away a certain date is. But we still have a tendency to glance at the clock/watch while our brain is doing its calculations.

The weirdest is when we pull this strange habit of looking at our wrist while talking 'time', when we're NOT even wearing a watch. It's just such a natural thing, although so undeniably redundant.

What other weird irrational behaviours have you noticed?