When I was traveling home for the holidays, I thought it would be a great arena to hunt for laughter in the airport. My mom and I sat next to two men who work at the airport, and more of their colleagues came by to say hello. They were talking about their shifts starting and their schedules for the day. The African-American man seemed like quite the comedian, and was making jokes about their long-day ahead in order to lighten the mood. He also thought he was pretty funny; he made some jokes that only he laughed at. He did cause his other colleagues to laugh, which does prove that laughter is contagious. The relief theory is exemplified in this video; the employees were laughing about their work schedules to release the tension of having to work hard and having to deal with travelers all day.
Note: my mom and I were laughing during this video based solely on the fact we were creepily filming people, waiting for them to laugh.
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