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Herb Behaviour is a powerful phenomenon. This morning when I climbed out of a subway, I was met by a large flock of people surrounding two middle-aged women in uniform against the railings. I was absolutely puzzled and curious about it. In a few seconds, I was pointing to the scene with my GX200 on the customised MY2 mode in which I set the camera at ISO 400 and snap focusing. R0013600a_(Medium) Before I could realise what was going on, the throng flooded towards one of the middle-aged ladies. Some gossips were overheard, "Just one dollar. Cheap that is really." The comments turned some heads, including mine. "Coupons to be given? Cash bailouts like that in New York I saw on TV the other day?"

R0013599a_(Medium) A van had arrived without my knowledge. I was probably too engrossed in the in-camera auto-leveler to get the horizontal level right. What an idiotic perfectionist! Big piles of papers were unloaded from the van at this moment. People started grabbing them. R0013596a_(Medium) "One each, one for each," the ladies in uniform ordered, "Don't take more than one copy." Actually, the papers were free copies of a tabloid." R0013598a_(Medium) R0013597a_(Medium)
Among the crowd were not only eldery people fond of free stuff but young office ladies thrusting in for a copy, without minding the etiquette of being a nice lady.
"What the heck!" I murmured to myself. And guess what? I turned my GX200 off and grab one copy of the tabloid too, fearing that there were some grander, free stuff not to be missed in it.
What a herd behaviour! It is contiagious. So, what was inside the tabloid?
NOTHING!!! Absolutely NOTHING! Just a tabloid! My holy cow! What were the people thinking? Didn't they have other better things to do? Speaking of herd behaviour.
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