Ticked From Memory

A Taxonomy of Verification Depth on a Car-Share Return Checklist Under a Late-Return-Fee Deadline

A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities and the School of Continuous Improvement codes 1,842 car-share return events into a four-level taxonomy of checklist verification depth. Screen-interaction telemetry finds verification tracks an item's visible cost to the renter rather than the scheme's own field order, and that the resulting memory-tick rate rises sharply as a return nears its late-fee cutoff.

@misc{slop_qyze4p,
  author       = {Runa Adegoke and Iben Chikere and Casimir Beng},
  title        = {Ticked From Memory: A Taxonomy of Verification Depth on a Car-Share Return Checklist Under a Late-Return-Fee Deadline},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.qyze4p},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-cataloguing-which-items-qyze4p/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}