· Where will you go?
- I am going to go to the Gate
station on 13th and 5th to try to get peoples’ attention as
they walk in or out of the store. I don’t think this will be an issue.
· What kind of people will
you approach?
- I honestly will approach the
first 5 people I see.
· What will you say to get
the conversation started?
- I’ll say “Hey, can you take this
dollar?”
· What is your plan for the
conversation?
- I will tell them that I am
conducting a social experiment to see how people react to unexpected
situations.
· Out of five attempts, how
many dollar bills do you think you will be able to give away.
- Probably 3 or 4 because I bet people will just walk by without listening to me. That is what I do if I ever walk through Turlington so I think other people probably do the same.
Results/Reflection: I was able to give away 4
dollars. I was kind of surprised that people actually took the money without
much hesitation because I would be very suspicious if someone did that to me. Something
I noticed was that 3 out of the 4 people who accepted the dollar were somewhat
confused about it but just carried on after that. Also, it was interesting to
me that no one even asked why I was giving away a dollar. I guess it is just in
my nature but I would definitely think that I was being pranked or something. I
guess my main assumption that was wrong was the fact that people would have
just walked by without acknowledging me. Something I also thought was cool
about this assignment was the fact that I was nervous to approach the first person
but after that encounter I felt confident to walk up to the other 4 people.
Giving a dollar away was definitely easier than I had thought before doing this
assignment and I thought it was cool to see different peoples’ reactions.
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