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Baitball Blogger

(46,776 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:11 PM Jan 2020

Human behavior, unscientific poll. [View all]

Like many people, I like to study human behavior. I just watch and make casual observations. So I saw something that made me go, hmmm. Here's the scenario. A person walks along a private road. He sees a piece of trash, that's maybe a piece of paper folded into a quarter sheet. The paper is just a few feet from a trash can. What do you do?


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Ignore it and walk on. It's trash day and the owner of the trash can will eventually see it.
0 (0%)
Pick up the paper and throw it away in the trash can.
5 (100%)
Make the assumption that the paper belongs to the nearest home, and kick it to the person's lawn.
0 (0%)
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Human behavior, unscientific poll. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 OP
I would look at to see if it is or would be important to someone GemDigger Jan 2020 #1
Yes. He lives on the private road. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #3
In that case GemDigger Jan 2020 #5
No idea where it came from. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #9
pick it up handmade34 Jan 2020 #2
+1. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #8
Agree, the logical and appropriate thing to do. Fla Dem Jan 2020 #17
Try to see what it is randr Jan 2020 #4
Why is that person looking down?" safeinOhio Jan 2020 #6
Maybe he/she is a rockhound. GemDigger Jan 2020 #15
Like the kid that found a gold coin on the ground. safeinOhio Jan 2020 #16
Maybe someone dropped it and wouldn't find it if moved to the trash can . I'd leave it lunasun Jan 2020 #7
Many HOA's have private roads. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #11
Follow a good example keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #10
Good example. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #12
Thanks everyone. The majority selected my first choice and NO ONE selected the kicking of the trash. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Kaleva Jan 2020 #14
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