Arbitration & Mediation

Are You Superstitious?

By Christopher Annunziata

If so, today might not be a good day for you. I hold no beliefs in the supernatural or superstition, so Friday the 13th, or the number 13 are in no way daunting or ominous to me.

But it did make me think about luck.   Not “bad” luck, but “good” luck. I find myself wishing people “good luck” quite often. At the start of a cycling race. Before a job interview or sales meeting. On the way back to courtroom after a (rare) unsuccessful mediation in Small Claims court. A cycling race is determined by the skill and conditioning of the athletes. A person lands a sale or a job because of their ability (or sometimes because of who they know). And court cases are (hopefully) decided by the law (or sometimes equity). The judge doesn’t roll dice and decide the case based on whether he makes his point.

I guess it is just a social convention.

I’m not sure where I’m going with this. It just struck me as odd.

Full post as published by CKA Mediation and Arbitration Services Blog on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).