It was very interesting doing the research for this
post. Over a few week period I selected
about fifty people at random, and went up to them on the street, tapped them on
the shoulder and said “excuse me,
diarrhea, thumbs up or thumbs down?”
Oh, the looks I got! Most
immediately gave me the thumbs down sign.
A few asked “why do you want to
know?” Well I certainly didn’t want
to give away who I was, so I told a little white lie; I said I was a song writer and I was doing
research for a new song. They asked what
the song was about, and once again, I of course didn’t want to give too much
information so I just winked at them and gave them my famous shy, knowing
smile. Feeling reassured, they’d usually then say “thumbs down.” And I’d say, “no, I’m sorry – you have to show me,”
and then I’d demonstrate the thumbs up or thumbs down sign. Most would then give me the thumbs down sign I
expected. But a few gave the thumbs up
sign, but interestingly, most of those that did used a different finger than
the thumb, and then they’d walk away.
Social Science research is never easy.
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