I'll give some insight into sheep and herd mentality - one Monday, I worked some OT, told to work however long I wanted. Around lunch, I said screw it I'm burnt out and picked up a pizza for me + coworker. Wore my work pants, but took off my work shirt. D'oh, forgot my work hat is on. 30+ people see me and follow thinking there's wildlife around
A different time I pulled over at a turnout to text my boss something and figured eh, I'll have a smoke real quick. This was at about 0610 - 2 different cars about plowed into me because they saw me, swerved into the turnout thinking that there's wildlife around.
Working retail years ago and working in national parks has definitely set a spooky image of what SHTF would look like