system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that people make more idiotic mistakes when a boss/supervisor is watching when working any job?
gpt
People psych themselves out. Instead of being relaxed and concentrating on the task they are supposed to do, they start to get nervous and distracted. Their thoughts go from focused to divided between what they need to do and what will happen if they screw up, and they're under more pressure to *not* screw up because the boss is there and if they screw up they could get in trouble. But taking away that attention just increases your chances of screwing up more.