I was astonished when I witnessed an acquaintance cycle his dishwasher. He would throw the clean ones out of the dishwasher onto the stone counter, getting air and a loud crashing sound out of each plate and glass, before doing it again into the cabinets. The dirties would rebound off the flexible plastic of the dish rack and smash into one another as he’d throw them in.

This same acquaintance was surprised to learn that my household doesn’t consume an entire roll of toilet paper each and every day.

Amazing what we take for granted about others’ basic habits of living, in life as in tech…