Giving Away Free Money
For this free money exercise, I chose to go across from the Krispy Kreme off of 13th and hand out my 5 $1 bills. I chose to go to this public place because not much can be bought with a single dollar but donut's can! I approached people walking towards that direction, however since they were not exactly in front of Krispy Kreme, my offer would most likely yield them to changing their plans, or not, and going to buy a donut. I started each conversation with "excuse me sir" or "excuse me ma'am" and I approached the person from the back. I learned that approaching a stranger from the back isn't the best idea as I quickly learned with one guy that I approached who got really defensive out of instinct, I posted that video below. My offer was as follows:
"Excuse me sir/ma'am, would you like a free dollar for a donut from Krispy Kreme?"
Predictions:
I believe that I will give out all 5, 1 dollar bills, because who doesn't like free money come on?!
I recorded two out of the five interactions, because the camera obviously makes it more obvious that I am doing some sort of experiment so the 3 without a video were more natural.
Results:
Overall, I gave out 3 out of the 5 dollars. Most people said "yes" and "thank you". 1 person didn't even let me finish my question because they were nervous and immediately got defensive because they were startled and caught off guard. And the last person was on the phone and when I interrupted them that said "what? no thank you" and continued to walk away.
Conclusively, giving a dollar away was a bit harder than I imagined as I only gave out 3/5 when I thought I would have 100% success rate.
HEY JESSICA! You probably win at getting the best reactions from people. On a more serious note, you had a good strategy of offering people money in front of the Krispy Kreme, making me wish I was in the area when you were doing this. People I asked that were busy on the phone also quickly ran away from me when I asked. Your attempts where much more successful than mine. If you want to check them out, I'll put the link below! Good Job! :)
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-Andrea
Wow, your videos are great! I thought you took a very creative approach by talking about a Krispy Kreme doughnut. I really enjoyed your post! This activity is hard for anyone because this is not something that happens to any of us on a regular basis. I think you handled yourself well. Great job! I was not able to do this assignemt, but feel free to check out my other blog posts!
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Jessica, your reactions we're very enjoyable. I actually did not complete this exercise, but I have found it extremely fascinating how many people are actually afraid of strangers offering them money. This seemed challenging because most people think you are asking for something, instead of offering something. Great job! If you're interested in viewing my blog, you can here:
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Jessica, your customer reactions are absolutely priceless! Just like the donuts they are going to get with that dollar! Your strategy of approaching a wide change of people in a public place succeeded just as you thought it would. You put a lot of effort into this assignment and your customers reactions exemplify that. I think most students have been able to take away something positive from this exercise. Check out my post here! http://ethan2you.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
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