Can I have your seat?

[bertine]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/14/nyregion/14subway.html

This is about a study where people would go up to someone on the NY Subway and ask them "Can I have your seat?" to see if people would give them up. A weird side effect was it was really difficult for the askers to do this task.

Comments

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i love me a good social experiment. next time someone's in the passenger seat in chico, i'm going to ask them that question.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

dork. :P