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Evo
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Daydreamed yes, to the point of forgetting my surroundings, no. The closest would have to be driving to work while thinking of a million other things, but I am all the while fully cognizant of what's happening on the road. It's kind of like washing dishes and watching tv at the same time. That's just doing two things at once. At my job, one of the tests for hiring consists of reading instructions, listening to and following verbal changes to the written answers you are doing and using physical objects all at the same time to see how many things you can handle at once without making mistakes and it's all timed. The test starts with doing a long list of written math problems, which I guess made some people's eyes glaze over, then a very soft monotone voice tells you if you answered "5" in problem 8 change 5 to C and replace the C in problem 10 to 5, this happens every couple of minutes and the voice only tells you what to do once, so if you miss a verbal command, you are hosed for the rest of test. No talking is allowed and you hear a lot of whispers of "what?, what are we supposed to do?" It's fun. There are 2 days of psychological tests for the job. They really try to crack you. By lunch of the first day, one woman was doubled over and crying and they had to send her home. Next day, out of the 6 being tested only 3 of us showed up. It was a real eye opener, I learned a lot about myself that I did not know.JasonRox said:You're quoting whom? I don't see that in my link.
You have daydreamed before right? To the point you lost track of your surroundings? Please say yes.
But, we're hijacking the thread.