Although this assignment is intimidating, planning out what I was going to do really helped. First, I decided to go to the bottom floor of my dorm, because I always see people passing by this area. Furthermore, I decided to go out right around noon, because a lot of people are leaving/coming back from lunch. For two of my dollars I actually went into the common area of my dorm, because I know that people are always hanging out there doing work. I plan to approach people that seem friendly, but that are distracted by something (so that I can catch them off guard). I will begin the conversation with a simple "hello", and then go into an explanation about my dollar. I plan on asking the person if they would like to tell me a cool fact about themself in exchange for a dollar. I honestly expect all five people to take my dollar- because us college students will jump at any chance for an extra buck, and the reason for receiving the dollar isn't too stressful.
Here are my two recordings:
https://youtu.be/a0qh2xmLVOw
https://youtu.be/p577jkmKNjs
Reflections:
I found this exercise to be much easier than I thought. At first, I was concerned because I didn't want to go and talk to random people, but actually doing it wasn't that nerve racking! Everyone was really nice, even if they weren't willing to take my dollar (one person didn't take my dollar). Therefore, my prediction wasn't correct- I thought that everyone would accept my dollar but one person did not. They were just confused as to why I was just giving away money. I thought that everyone would be so willing to take free money, but it turns out I made a wrong assumption!
Hi Cassidy!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with this blog exercise! I really liked that in exchange for receiving the dollar, you asked the strangers to tell you an interesting fact about themselves. I did something similar where I asked people a question based on current events or general knowledge, and if they could answer it correctly, I would give them the dollar. I think this is a great strategy because you're convincing people they "won" a dollar, as opposed to you just giving it away. Thanks for sharing this post and your blog, I enjoyed reading it. Here is the link to my blog, you should check it out sometime:
http://ent3003nicole.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
Hey! Great job with this assignment you totally nailed it! Its great to see people doing so well in this class and enjoying themselves while they do it! You were very nice to the people you gave money too and even though people can be confused, its still a nice gesture! My blog is http://slverio.blogspot.com/
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