A child wrapped himself in a garbage bag and went to the street
He expected at least people to give him something to wear. Instead, in two hours, everyone passed him as if he didn’t exist. When he saw who he really was, he approached him and what he did made him cry with sadness.
A child did an experiment with the help of other people to expose a situation that is common nowadays and that we humans already consider common. The experiment wants to show how many people are still able to help a man on the street today, especially when they see that man on the street as a child.
The child adopted a very thin and ragged outfit to look as plausible as possible and decided it would be a good idea to wrap it in a garbage bag to keep it warm.
He sat on the sidewalk of a busy boulevard in the middle of winter and waited. He behaved as if he were freezing cold and weakened. Hundreds of normal people passed him in two hours, but they didn’t even notice him. Besides this child passed people who were well dressed and who could help him with a thicker coat, warm food, or a small amount and a kind word.
Instead, no one did this, people passing by him as if not noticing him.
The only weapon against the cold that the child shows is that plastic garbage bag and even this does not excite passers-by.
After a while, about two hours, a miracle happens.
A person comes to him and offers to help him with a plate of hot food and a thick coat. What is surprising is that the one who came to help him is also a man of the street and not a passer-by with a normal life. The child then stood up and explained to the man in the street that it was just an experiment and thanked him for trying to help. Later, the people who did the experiment took the man from the street and fed him, dressed him, and were grateful that he tried to help. This indicates that all the poor help the poor.