The Dent in the Door
If you put a dent in the door of the car next to you but no one saw you do so, would you leave a note for the owner of the other car? The Barometer’s students often respond, ‘What do you mean, like a meaningful note or can I just look like I am writing one?” What if you were the driver of the car with the dented door and left a note on the windshield of the culprit car? If you were the culprit, would you respond and ‘fess up? The Barometer’s door was dented by the rather long doors of a new Ford Mustang on graduation morning at ASU’s Parking Structure I. The Barometer left a note on the windshield
of the Mustang. The note had a phone number and a plea, “Call me.” The dent matched the paint color of the Mustang. The door alignment was there. The Mustang was parked over the yellow line on its space. It is July — no call. The Barometer has the license plate number. Identity is one short search away. But, it was an experiment, undertaken because of the Barometer’s profound faith in the goodness of people. The experiment continues.
