An Experiment I Want To Try

With the way virality works, many of you have probably seen this video.

https://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/boy-fills-empty-trick-or-treat-bowl-his-own-halloween-candy

For those who didn't feel like clicking a link, which is fine, you work hard and you deserve to spend your energy how you want. I'll give you a quick synopsis.

A young child is trick or treating and he comes to a bowl of candy that has been left out by someone who wasn't able to hand out candy. They had their Nest camera on and captured the kid walk up to find an empty bowl. This beautiful example of humanity dug into his bag and put some candy in there so future kids won't know the disappointment he knew. He's a true winner and I hope I instill these values in my own son.

But there's one thing we're not talking about in the video and let me be clear, I'm not shitting on this kid because I think anyone would do this.

The kid is clearly paying attention to what he's putting in the bowl. I know that if I realized after I got home that, by some amazing coincidence, I'd thrown all my whoppers in the bowl by accidental. This kid is giving but he's not stupid.

So anyway, my experiment. When I have a house to pass candy out of (I'm currently in an apartment and trick or treating doesn't seem to be a thing), I'm going to set up a system.

Here's the bowl of candy, it'll have, say 10 pieces in it. Take a piece. Take two even! But, it's a 1 for 1 trade. You need to leave a piece of candy you don't care for. The next kid who comes up, they might looooove Necco Wafers and be so stoked and then one kid dumps some of his dead weight candy while making another kid's night!

But the real reason for this is data collection. In my mind, I would get a good amount of scientific data of the most hated candies in my neighborhood. If the bowl is 90% Sweettarts at the end of the night, then it's a clear indicator of the feelings of the kid population.

Plus, a lot of people don't like Whoppers for some stupid reason, and I feel like I'd end the night with a bounty of Whoppers, therefore winning Halloween.