The plan: 1) On the sidewalk, place a notebook with instructions for the discoverer to write their favorite song and place the notebook back. 2) Creepily watch from the window, take notes and hope not to be seen, because that would be quite awkward. What happened: 3:00 pm- Stakeout begins , 3:27 pm-A tall man with a baseball hat walking his dog passes by. He stops briefly, but continues to walk past. 4:11 pm-A little boy, maybe around 5 years old, and his mother walk past. The little boy picks up the book and tosses it, about 2 feet. The mother looks at the boy and says something, possibly asking what the book was or telling him not to throw things. |
4:32 pm-A girl jogs past. Doesn't acknowledge the book.
5:00 pm- Stakeout over
Essentially what i discovered is that i live in a neighborhood with a bunch of hermits who don't like to leave the presence of their homes, considering in two hours only four people were spotted. No one even opened the book. The little boy had the closest interaction. Perhaps if i had chosen a more interesting object the few people who did pass would have interacted more.
5:00 pm- Stakeout over
Essentially what i discovered is that i live in a neighborhood with a bunch of hermits who don't like to leave the presence of their homes, considering in two hours only four people were spotted. No one even opened the book. The little boy had the closest interaction. Perhaps if i had chosen a more interesting object the few people who did pass would have interacted more.