I love how this one woman at Cafe Verite/Cupcake Royale in Ballard tightens her lips every time she puts mugs away. It’s like how Michael Jordan sticks his tongue out whenever he tries to make a basket. Lots of people have little quirks about them when they engage in activity that requires concentration, especially when physical dexterity is involved. It’s cute.

I wonder, however, if it is a social thing. Do people do these as a way to signify to others that they are concentrating and that they are slightly self-consciously aware that others are or might be watching? I wonder if they would do these physical cues without others around…