I
figured going into this project that these last two weeks or so of the school
year would be pretty lame-duck; that is, fewer people would call me back
because the school year is winding down anyway. Hopefully I’m wrong, but if the
two notecards I handed out this week are any tell, I would say it was an
accurate prediction.
I did
the regular handout this week; one to a male, one to a female. The female gave
the standard “Smile, nod, thanks” that seems to be so popular a response to
this project. The male really made me uncomfortable by not saying anything, not
even a thank you, not even a goodbye. He didn’t even have to scowl, or frown,
or show any negative body language at all—just by saying absolutely nothing,
the guy made me feel really stupid. This is really weird in any context, if you
think about it; nothing makes me squirm more than when someone doesn’t talk
when I expect them to do so. I suppose I shouldn’t be complaining about people
thanking me when there are apparently some people that won’t even open their
mouth when I give them a notecard.
On the
bright side, I was outside on Thursday morning when I was approached by the guy
I gave a notecard last week. He came up to me and said, “Uh, I seem to have
misplaced your phone number… Do you mind if I could get it again?” So of course
I gave him my number, which is a good sign as far as his calling me back, but
he still hasn’t called. I suppose there is always this weekend, but I’m not
exactly anticipating him calling me back.
So what
do you think, reader? Does the end of the school year give an incentive to call
back because of the “I’ve got nothing to lose” factor, or does it hinder the
desire to call back because of the “We’re almost done, I don’t give a hoot”
factor?
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