Beating Back The Boredom Volume 2

I embarked on a little social experiment today at the office.
I wanted to see if people would high five me for no reason at all.
My theory was that people who are willing to join in on the fun and have a good time will high five first and ask questions later.

I set up a couple of rules.
1st: I wouldn't say "high five!" because that may be seen as coercing the person into the act.

2nd: it had to be completely spontaneous. If I did it in the context of conversation it could be construed that there was a reason for the High Five. My method was to just say "Yeah!" and put my hand up for the High Five the second I made eye contact.

3rd: It couldn't be in front of another person. I didn't want the act of outside observation to affect the outcome.

So.... I won't go into the specific of the data, I'll just give you my conclusions.

People generally won't high five you unless you can give them some kind of reason.
One guy high fived me and then followed it up with "did you fucking bump your head dude?"
I think he just really likes high fiving. Like a guy that likes pizza so much he'll eat any fucking cardboard/sauce/cheese combo you slap in front of him.

I will consider this a semi-successful experiment. We now know for pretty damn sure that if you want to have a high five you gotta have a reason.

To solidify this conclusion I did another test.
I changed my method from "yeah!" and throwing up the hand to "Yeah! Wednesday..hump day!"
%125 success
(I actually did this to one person in front of another and the second guy jumped in and gave me five as well)

So do you need a reason to get Five?
Yes.
Can it be a completely specious one?
Yes.

I love science.