One of the cultural mind-sets we have in Cambodia is 'more must be better' thinking. This reasoning pops up everywhere. If two pills are good, 17 must be better. If 70 decibels is great, 145 decibels is wonderful! The list goes on ...
I mention this because I recently came across a very puzzled Donnie. His trusty Nissan Patrol was just back from the fix-it people. One of the jobs - sort out the leaking tyre that is the spare, mounted on the back. Now, here was a quizzacle Donnie: he wanted to open the back door and it would not open - it hit the spare tyre. He had places to go, things to do, so he pulled off the spare in order to sort the issue another day.
Next connecting time, I asked him if he figured it out. Sure did - the answer was: let some air out of the tyre. As in, if 35psi is good, 70psi must be better ...!!
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