Attention is easy, interest less so
Out of the two following statements, which would get someone to leave a game they are playing to go to another room and look at something on a computer that they don’t have an active interest in?
a) “Hey, I left something on the screen to show you, it’s kind of cool, want to see?”
b) “Hey, I left something on the screen to show you, it’s kind of cool. Oh but you might punch me. Hmm, well it’s not that bad, I mean you probably won’t be offended.”
