Social Hacking

I am currently on the bus on my way home from school. It's 11.30 PM and the bus is almost empty. I usually listen to my mp3-player during the ride home, however, today I forgot it at home. The reason why I started writing this post is the girl who is sitting a couple of rows behind me. She is talking really loud on her cellphone and without trying I can hear every word she is saying. There are a few things that I started to think about.
Withing the first minute I knew her name (only first name), where she lived, and where she went to school. Just this information can be used in many ways as a social hacker. It also reminded me about one of my favorite quotes: The quieter you become the more you can hear. I got all this information without even asking for it.
Another thing that was interesting was how she was talking in the phone. She talk just like the person on the other line was sitting in front of her. She was shaking her head when she did not agree and making gestures with her hands. I have seen this many times and I am probably a victim of it myself. Body language is something that we use sub-consciously. Somehow we don't need the confirmation of someone standing in front of us to start using body language. This also shows how important it is to pay attentional to someones body language because it could provide us with information that we otherwise would not get.
The last thing that caught my attention was what the conversation was about. It was between her and one of her friends. In short they were talking about a guy that she somehow knew and maybe liked. The interesting thing was the mind games that she was playing with this guy. She tried to figure out if this guy liked her by for example seeing how long it took for him to call her a second time. Then she had tried to reject him just to see how much he was willing to put into their relationship. She had all these unwritten rules and ideas about what people to when they like each other. That is another interesting topic that I will talk about another time. Now I need to get some sleep. Good night!