My Sociology Experiment

I'm taking ab initio (Latin/IBan: From the begining) German this year, so I'm in a class with the freshmen. I actually really like it, but it's one of those situations where everyone always sits in the same place even though there's no seating chart. A few days ago I decided that it would be fun to change it up: I convinced a few of the guys who sit around me that we should move over to the other side of the room. The next class, they were already seated in their normal seats by the time I arrived. They said they 'forgot.' OK then, next time. They forgot again. So today I got there a little earlier and got one kid, Daniel, to sit on the other side with me. It caused utter pandemonium. Just about everyone said or muttered some confused comment. The people whose seats we took were a bit perplexed, but found somewhere else to sit without too much commotion. The best reaction was from the really nice girl sitting next to my new seat. She entered the room just after I had sat down, and took her seat without noticing Dan or me. When she looked over (we were sitting between her and the front of the room, so that was pretty soon) she paniced. Oh my gosh what are you doing here!? sort of thing. However this was only momentary, for as soon as she realized that she was panicing over our changing seats, it switched to laughter. Really hard laughter. It was really funny watching this transition take place, and all over my plan to mix it up a bit, so I started laughing, too. Luckily we were able to stop by the time class started. Conclusion: We're creatures of habit, and we don't like it when our status quo is messed with.