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Ten points for me

As I walked past the pay phones in the Union today, a guy leaned out and asked me, "Do you have any spare change? Because I don't have any change and I need to make a really important phone call." I wasn't in a hurry, so I stopped, opened up my bag, and got out my change purse, mumbling, "I'm not sure I have any quarters, but I might have some dimes... looks like nickels, mostly..." Then he stopped me and informed me that it was actually all a psych experiment about giving.

I smiled all the way to the bus stop. I feel like I passed some kind of test.

srah - Thursday, 18 September 2003 - 7:27 PM
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gravatar Buzz - September 18, 2003 - 7:40 PM - ℓ

Cool. You're a certified "nice person". Congratulations.

gravatar richard - September 18, 2003 - 10:40 PM - ℓ

smile, you're on Candid Term Paper.

gravatar Jez - September 19, 2003 - 3:58 AM - ℓ

I get that question about 20 times a day, so I'm now officially immune - I just walk on past. Oh no! I've turned into a Rude Parisian!

gravatar katie - September 19, 2003 - 8:09 AM - ℓ

Srah, you should have said to him, "Oh, well in that case, you can't have anything!" I wonder if that would have screwed up his empirical research?

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