Short Story: The sly psychologist

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The Psychologist, Humphrey Gooseneck, was talking to one of his clients about personality types. He said to him that we can tell someone's personality type from many things that they do, and one of these things is the type of letterbox that they have. Some letterboxes are kept in good order, while others get run down, and dilapidated, over time. This shows us firstly someone who cares, and secondly, one who is shoddy in his personal habits. If we have a brick letter box, it shows that we have a solid personality, but one that is often bricked of from others. If we have a home-made letter box, it shows that we are a creative type. If we have a cheap tin one, on a post, it shows that we are no-frills, matter-of-the-fact people. Similarly, the type of book that we read says something about us too. Introverts, and sensitive, types of people will read more factual stuff than extroverts, who prefer fiction. Gentle, passive, and artistic, types, read poetry. Thinkers, logical people, read textbooks, and other non-fiction works. Fiction readers are more warmly empathetic towards others. And lastly, the psychologist claimed that the type of car that we choose to drive says something about our personality type, as well. Extroverts like fast cars, and are more likely to splurge out more money for a car, than are introverts. Socially-minded people also like cars of such high performance too. A more level-headed practical, responsible person will go for a safe, sturdy, practical car, and one that is not heavy on the gas either. The client looked at his psychologist, and asked him, "Well, what type of a car do I drive then?" The psychologist glanced out of the window at a car parked out the front near his driveway, and he said: "Well, I have your personality type down to being a quiet, reserved type, and you would drive a Volkswagen Passat." The client was impressed. "Exactly right," he said. "Perhaps, there is some truth in your generalisations, after all." The psychologist's face beamed. His little glance out of his window had worked once again, for him to sell his ideas to another person. "His name was not Gooseneck for nothing," he thought cleverly to himself, with a sly chuckle to himself. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The wily psychologist guessed the car type of his client, based on his client's personality type.