Nobody wants to do the thing, but they all think everyone else does, and so they end up doing it anyway.
- I didn't even want to read the laconic version; I thought you wanted to read it. We might as well go back to the unabridged article HERE.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Laconic/AbileneParadox
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Nobody wants to do the thing, but they all think everyone else does, and so they end up doing it anyway.