Free Money

Mission: Give five random people a dollar. Make it look natural... And here's how it went: 

• Where will you go?
• I will take five random dollars and give them out on campus as I walk to class. 
• What kind of people will you approach?
• I will try to approach five random people, hopefully not all in the same place. 
• What will you say to get the conversation started?
• "Hey, I found a couple dollars on the street & I figured I would pay it forward, here's a dollar, have a good day!"
• What is your plan for the conversation?
• My plan for the conversation is to claim that I found a couple dollars on the street & I figured I would pay it forward. Then I'll ask them to also pay it forward 
• Out of five attempts, how many dollar bills do you think you will be able to give away.
• I think done the right way, I could manage to give all five bills away, but I'm especially broke this week, so it's going to be painful. This had better be worth it- karma points on fleek. Thanks, entrepreneurship. 

Reflection: So this was definitely a bit of an awkward experience, especially since people aren't used to other people coming up to them and offering them money. I will admit though, I left this exercise feeling pretty good about making these peoples' days. There was one person who outright rejected the dollar, but it led to a pretty interesting conversation and making a new friend while I was walking down Stadium Rd. on my way to a class. All in all I think this was a successful project- definitely interesting and a bit challenging, but worth it!