Sunday, February 21, 2016

Free Money

In an effort the give away five $1 bills, I am going to walk up to people outside my apartment building. I live on a street where a lot of students walk by, so I know I will have many opportunities to talk to people. I will try to approach people that look really nice. I have also noticed that I’m more likely to approach women then men, probably because I’m less intimidated by women. To get people’s attention, I will probably just say, “ Excuse me. Can I give you a $1?”. I’m sure this will stop people. I am pretty sure I will be able to give away at least four of the five.
This exercise was very uncomfortable for me and to be honest, I really didn’t like it. I don’t like doing things while recording people, because I know if someone tried to record me I wouldn’t be a big fan of it. I also didn’t like that I almost had to lie to the people to complete this project.
Most people responded how I expected which was that they were caught off guard and thought I was weird. But in the end four people took the dollar which is what I thought.

I ended up giving away some dollars in a friends house to her roommates who also were very confused. I would be very confused if some girl I didn’t know tried to give me money.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Caroline,

    Great job in approaching people. You were confident in going up to people and using the line "random act of kindness" was a good idea.

    I agree that this project was pretty awkward, not to mention costly. I don't think I would appreciate being filmed in such a way, although the dollar wouldn't hurt.

    Thanks for sharing! Here's a link to my blog in case you're interested. http://jamestyrrell.blogspot.com/

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