Psychology says people who always choose the aisle seat aren’t just planning for bathroom access — they’re preserving what researchers call ‘autonomous exit’: the psychological certainty that you can move whenever you need to
I’m sitting in a cafe on Pasteur Street in District 1 this morning, watching the scooters stitch their way through the intersection, and I’ve just noticed something about the guy at the next table. He took the chair closest to the door. Coffee in hand, laptop open, body angled a …