Mark goes to the same coffeehouse almost every morning on his way to the office. He's never bothered to learn the barista's name and sometimes he fails to notice when someone else is working her shift. Mark's relationship with the barista can best be described as?

The I-It relationship is a kind of relationship where human beings view or perceive each other as consisting of unique, specific and isolated qualities, , viewing themselves as part of a world which consists of things. In other words, I-It is characterized by a relationship of things that are separate and detached as opposed to mutuality and symbiosis.

It is different from I-Thou relationship where there mutuality and reciprocity. I-it relationships are common in the modern world of today.

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Answer: I - it relationship

Explanation: I - it relationship can simply be explained as a relationship which exist between two things. I - it relationship typically exists based on service or satisfaction. That is the shared relation between 'I' being the subject and 'it' being the object is based on the service rendered by the object to the subject in other to satisfy the subject's needs and not a honest physical relationship.

In the scenario above, Mark never bothered to learn the barista's name or even notice his absence, Mark is only connected due to the service rendered by the barista.