wait·ing
/ˈwādiNG/
(noun) The action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens.
How might we alter people’s perceived waiting time?
1st Experiment - Break Perception
2nd Experiment - Find Similarity
1st Experiment - Break Perception
Factors that can influence how we experience waiting
Length…
Uncertainty…
Personal Preferences…
Perceived Fairness…
People's waiting habits change with societal development
" Pedestrians covered the ground in a respectable 14 seconds. But in my former home of New York, pedestrians zoomed by in 12 seconds. In the 2000s, psychologist Richard Wiseman found worldwide walking speeds had gone up by 10 percent."
" Society’s accelerating pace is shredding our patience."