Do You Blame When Things Go Wrong?

Imagine that you are driving home from work the last day before your big vacation. All you have been able to think about for the last week is your ten-day Mediterranean cruise to all those places you have long wanted to visit. You can hardly wait to get home and do your final preparations before leaving tomorrow morning.

As you’re zipping down the street, the light at the next intersection changes from green to yellow and you slow to a stop and patiently wait as the traffic passes in front of ...