Today (Thursday) I had a major psychology exam. So, Wednesday night I found myself holed up in my floor’s study room going over my notecards and debating on whether or not to go get some sort of caffeinated drink from The Mix. While considering this crucial choice, two girls came into the study room and asked if I had time to participate in a survey. In addition they did not tell me the subject of the survey.
Firstly, I must backtrack and must say they mentioned they were from the second floor of my building. This information is crucial to this “story”.
They asked me only three questions, but I feel if I knew the survey’s topic before I agreed to answer then I would have been better prepared. The questions were pretty close to (meaning might have been worded differently) 1) Are you a virgin? 2) Have you been more sexually active in college? 3) Do you think females are more sexually active in college?
Why I am posting this in a rhetoric blog is because it took advantage of a kariotic situation. This situation is completely full of karios because I live in one of the oldest dorms that is constantly falling apart. For example one of the elevators is constantly broken (I live on the top floor) and we are always having the water turned off. In addition, before spring break our building had construction done to some of the bathrooms and the entryway which along with a downed elevator caused major back-ups and dissatisfaction all around. So, when the girls said they were from the second floor and were doing a survey, but did not state the topic, I (like most people on my floor) automatically assumed it was about the building or the construction not sexuality.
That is really funny, it probably wasn;t funny for you at the time but your assumption made sense. They took advantage of the situation in order to get questions answered about a kariotic moment that was less impactful on the 2nd floor
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm a bit at a lose as to what to say because I'm shocked that this would actually happen! I also would have guessed that they were going to ask questions about the building's quality. It works out really well for them but I would have been caught completely off guard and not too pleased.
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