I decided to interview people around midtown to see if they wanted free money. All of the people I asked were students at the University of Florida. All my encounters started with, "Hi, can I ask you for a minute of your time?" Then I would proceed to explain about my assignment for the next minute or two and asked for permission to video tape them. Then, they would answer yes or no. I predicted that all five would have accepted the free money, yet, only two accepted it. The reason is because of skepticism of a stranger offering free money.
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5pKQLn3yMg
In the second video, I forgot to activate the light on my phone and that is why it is dark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=925q0SKqTCQ
My reflection on the exercise was that it was pretty easy to give away money, yet, it was hard for people to accept it. Prediction of 5/5 was incorrect because of this factor and as a result, I was eyed with suspension and distrust because of the oddness of my request.
2 comments:
Hi Michael, it seems you missed the idea of this assignment. The object of the Free Money assignment was to give the money away without informing the subjects that this was for a school project. You had to "sell" the money to the subjects after first starting a conversation with them. If all we had to do was tell someone we were giving money away for a class, what would be the point of that? You can check out my entry @http://gainzvillebloggers.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
Hey Michael! I really enjoyed your post and think that you did a pretty good job on the assignment but like Trevor said, you were not supposed to tell them what it was for. You had to convince them to take the dollar. I think you had some good interactions though and that you learned from your experience. If you have some time be sure to check out my post! http://biglilcut.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
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