For this experiment, I decided to go to public places and pretend to cry. \u00a0This created a stirring of reactions from people. \u00a0Some stared in concern and other walked past just trying to ignore me. \u00a0I attempted to take a video recording of it but I couldn’t capture it well, so I will do my best to describe my experience.<\/p>\n
One example was going into a Starbucks and started to cry. \u00a0Just small tears at first but eventually escalated to covering my face and trying to not loudly sob. \u00a0Most people just looked at me, probably wondering why I was sitting crying in public. \u00a0Others would casually look the other direction. \u00a0A few people asked if I was okay, which I responded saying I was fine and not to worry about it, and we both moved on with our day.<\/p>\n
The next place I went was a bathroom. \u00a0I started by looking in the mirror and wiping tears off my face. \u00a0I did this for a little while. \u00a0No one really approached me. \u00a0In this setting, most people did ask me if I was okay and I responded with the same thing that I was fine. \u00a0Though instead of just moving on, in the bathroom setting more people showed a lot more sympathy toward me, asking follow up questions to make sure I was really okay. \u00a0It was a pretty different experience overall.<\/p>\n
The next one I did was not a place but I walked around campus crying to myself. \u00a0I was crying obviously enough to bring attention to myself. \u00a0Pretty much everyone looked away. \u00a0There was maybe one person (who is a friend of mine) who stopped me to ask if I was okay. \u00a0While walking outside most people are walking because they have some place to be, and because it is cold no one is really looking to stop and have a little chat with a stranger they don’t know. \u00a0It was a very different experience than the other two places I went to.<\/p>\n
All in all this experiment for me was enlightening for me because it showed that social interactions with strangers is challenging when just approaching someone, but throwing a curve ball at them is just as challenging if not more. \u00a0It also made me more aware of my surroundings by bringing to light the struggles in social interactions that people have every day, not just during a breach. \u00a0It definitely showed that people breach social rules every day without even knowing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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