I found this heartwarming story in today's newspaper entitled 'We left 20 wallets around the GTA. Most came back'. I've quoted some of what I found interesting for you :
'The exercise yielded some surprising results. For one, honesty is different than goodness. Goodness is bigger. It's going out of one's way to return that lost item. It's empathizing with someone you've never met.'
'Our experiment reminded Father McGill of co-ordinating a food drive with high school students in Windsor. "They were all gung-ho to go to this very wealthy neighbourhood. And they were shocked by how little they collected. ... It was a real learning lesson for them," he said.
"People who have experienced deprivation tend to be more generous than the very wealthy."
Similar wallet experiments conducted by Reader's Digest and the Chicago Sun-Times did note that people in affluent areas were less likely to return found property than those in lower-to-middle class areas.
Our pattern of discovery showed that downtowners were quicker than suburbanites, and that more wallets were returned by men than women. Discuss.
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3 comments:
So true. I collected for charity once and the well off suburbs were as stingy as anything. Those with nothing were willing to give more. Sad but true.
well, Lilly, next time I go fund-raising I know where to go! (Avoid the rich neighbourhoods!) What a shame.
Hey Christine
Im with you, I need to go to the gutters of Hamilton
I think I will do better :o)
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