This week, Shayne, my business writing teacher, asked the class to buy something for a stranger and then to blog about the experience. So, here it is. :)
I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to go about accomplishing this task. I could have just bought something and handed it to a stranger, but I was afraid that the person would think I was weird, or that they wouldn't want me to buy them anything, etc.. And, let's just face it. Sometimes I'm a chicken. Period. Anyway, I also thought of ordering something at a drive-thru and paying for the person behind me. Then, I remembered an experience I had earlier this semester.
One afternoon I was sitting on a little hill between the ESC and the HRCB doing some homework between classes. A boy came up to me and said, "My friend wanted me to give this to you." He handed me a Reece's and walked away. The Reece's had a nice note with no signature. Instead, it just said #passitonandon. I remember the note almost every time I walk in the area where I got it and the memory has a positive influence on my day.
I decided to fulfill Shayne's assignment by "passing on" what had been given to me. I went to Macey's, bought a Reece's, and headed up to the library. What better time and place to find someone to cheer up than 8:00, on a Saturday night, in the library, during a BYU football game? I walked up to the fourth floor and placed the candy with a note on a table by a notebook and backpack whose owner was absent.
Who knows if the person will choose to "pass it on," but they might. :)
P.s. This assignment also made me think of this TED Talk by Michael Norton that I came across a while ago. "If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right." Kind of interesting. Enjoy :)
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