There’s a Good Reason Why We Keep Repeating the Same Mediocre Experiences

I loved this story from a reader in response to why I enjoy the routine of visiting a hotel that’s consistently bad:

“Years ago my in-laws would drive me crazy by complaining about the food at a (now defunct) restaurant chain that they would unfailingly stop at numerous times when traveling from Pennsylvania to Florida each year. It was a major topic of discussion; how not-good the food was, service was terrible, etc. But the food wasn’t bad enough to stop them from going back to the chain (an...