Rejection Challenge

This past week in class, we had a new activity to try out: The Rejection Challenge. Basically, we started with a small plastic box worth around 50 cents, and our goal as a team was to go out and try to trade up the box to get the most valuable product we could. At first, my team definitely dismissed the challenge as pretty silly- who would trade anything for a close-to-worthless box? Turns out many would,

We first went to MLK Student Union and talked to a few people at the front desk, explaining our challenge. They were actually eager to help and see what they could trade us. We ended up trading our box for a small mini stapler.

Next, we headed to the Equator coffee shop in the building, and were very surprised at how excited the barista was to help us. He offered us a mug initially, but we turned it down, realizing not many people would be willing to take a mug off our hands. Instead, we asked if we could get a pastry, and ended up with a muffin worth about $3.
 
Next, we thought about who would be willing to buy a muffin off of us and headed to GBC, realizing that people eating there would be the most likely to want a snack. We ended up trading our $3 muffin for $4 cash!
 
Lastly, we got a little creative and decided the best way to win the game was to end with something priceless...like a person! (More specifically, their time). They say time is money, and we did exactly that by trading in $4 cash for 5 min of time for someone to sit in our class. 
While some other groups got a little funny and creative (and close to cheating!!) as well, I thought this experience was fun and something cool to do in order to get closer to my group.