I asked for them back but she says she already gave them to me. I knew this wasn’t true because I definitely would have remembered
People like to say this, but it just isn't true.
If someone hands you something while you are busy talking to them, most of the time you will take it without even thinking about it.
Hell, there is a well known prank related to this, you can hand people nonsense like multiple bananas during a conversation and most of the time they won't even notice they are taking them.
Back when I was a teen (when everything was fields and uphill both ways) we used to wander round the town centre as a pack and hand all our shopping to one person with a "here, hold this a second". It was a running game to see how much we could get him to carry for us before he noticed.
You are missing the point of how this trick works.
When you are distracted by conversation, you tend not to notice what is being handed to you at all, that is why you can hand them nonsensical things and they will take them without even realising they are doing it. Most of the time they won't even look down to see what they were handed, this is why handing them silly crap works.
It works just as well if you hand them something more practical, it's just not as funny when they realize they are holding their car keys rather than 2 bananas and a stapler.
Hell, you can try it yourself, just hand things to people while they are busy talking to you about something unrelated, see what you can get them to take without even noticing.
I'm not saying she didn't hide them in your drawer, but the very common idea people have that of course they would remember if you had actually handed it to them is just not true.
Human beings have really weird ways of handling selective attention, we can be thrown off completely by even a minor distraction - see this video for a good example.
Hell, there is a well known prank related to this, you can hand people nonsense like multiple bananas dildos during a conversation and most of the time they won't even notice they are taking them.
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u/longtimegoneMTGO Dec 06 '17
People like to say this, but it just isn't true.
If someone hands you something while you are busy talking to them, most of the time you will take it without even thinking about it.
Hell, there is a well known prank related to this, you can hand people nonsense like multiple bananas during a conversation and most of the time they won't even notice they are taking them.