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A man in front of a blank background, looking at the camera
Patrick
“Hey! I’m Patrick”
“You live in Orange County, like me”
“Our community has a program for making kid’s fundraisers less painful”
Near a grocery store entrance, a shopper is walking to the way in. A little girl stands nearby. She is holding a box and wearing a scout uniform.
Blurred in the background, there is an adult also in a scout uniform, sitting in a chair.
Little Girl
“Wann’a buy some cookies?”
Shopper
*Giving belly a jiggle*
“I don’t need any cookies, but I would love to hear what you get if you sell enough”
Little Girl
“I get to go to space camp”
Shopper
“That sounds awesome”
“I wish to support this”
Little Girl
*looking at the box*
“cool?”
Shopper
“Here’s my offer”
“If you can answer my test question, I will give 20 dollars”
“or all the money in my wallet if I don’t have a 20”
Little Girl
*slightly confused*
“sure”
Shopper
“Great!”
“You look like you’re in middle school”
“So this is a middle school word problem”
“If a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half,”
“then how long does it take for one chicken to lay one egg?”
Little Girl
“uh…”
*thinking quietly to herself*
“a chicken… and a half…”
Shopper
“You got this”
“just tell me what you are thinking”
Little Girl
“I’m thinking half a chicken is dead”
Shopper
“um, no”
“It’s not a trick question”
“Just pretend the half chicken is an average or something”
Little Girl
“okay…”
Shopper
“Here’s a hint”
“It’s a combined effort type problem”
“So the -more- workers you have, the -less- time you need”
Little Girl
*quietly to herself*
“So the chickens are workers…”
“one chicken… is less than…”
Shopper
“Also, unlike other word problems, multiply everything into whole numbers isn’t gonna work”
Little Girl
*looks up*
“Is it a day and a half?”
Shopper
“Very good!”
“That is the correct answer!”
*Getting wallet from pocket*
“I want you to give this to your parents and I hope they spend it on space camp”
*Handing a 20 to the girl*
“But really, it’s your money and I’m not going to tell you what to do with it”
Patrick in front of the blank background, looking at the camera
Patrick