Ok so it's 4.30am on a Friday morning and I am outside in my pyjamas sticking plastic spiders on and around bus stops. There is a reason behind this I promise.
I wanted to see how this would affect the behaviour of the people waiting at the bus stops and pedestrian crossings. I was hoping to get a few screams at least. By the time I woke up to observe the behaviour, the majority of the spiders had been TAKEN. Why people wanted them is beyond me but yep they were gone. So I sneakily placed some more, and even superglued one to the top of the crossing button thing.
My hope was that they may create some form of common interest. Something for people to talk about rather than just remarking how late the bus is.
I observed some nice moments. Highlights of the day included an old man inspecting one of the spiders for a while, a mother lifting her little boy up to look at one (he was pretty excited) and a woman practically resting her hand on one before noticing and near jumping out of her skin before turning to the person next to her and laughing.
All the spiders are gone now. Even the superglued one. People sure like taking stuff.
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