Lifestyles of the poor and nameless

Do you do "word find" puzzles? If so, do you circle whole words, or do you circle individual letters within each word?

I watched a woman on the train do a word find. When she started, the page was devoid of any markings. Just a bunch of letters in a square pattern. As she recognized individual words, she would triumphantly circle each letter within the word. When she got off the train 20 minutes later, just about every single letter was circled, but you still couldn't see the words.

Now I know that once you finish the puzzle you discard it, so technically it doesn't matter if you can find the words again....but it just seems strange to me.

Too much free time on my hands? Maybe.