So to explain what "Date While You Wait" is since Thomas doesn't seem to be doing himself justice.
Date While You Wait is literally Thomas sat down with a table and two folding chairs, and a sign that said "Date While You Wait". Specifically, while New Yorkers were waiting for the subway in Manhattan.
I don't know if he gets compensated for it, he might since it'd be pretty similar to street performers who play an instrument with a donation case/bucket/w.e sitting in front of them.
It's not really a service, website, app or whatever, it's genuinely his idea of New Yorkers are all about point A to point B with regards to life in general. The subway is a great physical manifestation of that, and the general environment is not one of conversation with strangers or even general friendliness.
My understanding is Thomas decided to resist that concept and have individuals "date" while they wait for their subway train to arrive. Specifically with the intentions of fostering conversations in what would typically be an unfriendly environment.
So the "movement" is to simply put down the smart phones, sit down, quite literally in his context, and date one another while waiting instead of feeding into the technological era we live in where our faces are constantly in our phones and we have no awareness of those around us.
Thomas / /u/DateWhileYouWait please correct anything that's incorrect with my statements.
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So to explain what "Date While You Wait" is since Thomas doesn't seem to be doing himself justice.
Date While You Wait is literally Thomas sat down with a table and two folding chairs, and a sign that said "Date While You Wait". Specifically, while New Yorkers were waiting for the subway in Manhattan.
I don't know if he gets compensated for it, he might since it'd be pretty similar to street performers who play an instrument with a donation case/bucket/w.e sitting in front of them.
It's not really a service, website, app or whatever, it's genuinely his idea of New Yorkers are all about point A to point B with regards to life in general. The subway is a great physical manifestation of that, and the general environment is not one of conversation with strangers or even general friendliness.
My understanding is Thomas decided to resist that concept and have individuals "date" while they wait for their subway train to arrive. Specifically with the intentions of fostering conversations in what would typically be an unfriendly environment. So the "movement" is to simply put down the smart phones, sit down, quite literally in his context, and date one another while waiting instead of feeding into the technological era we live in where our faces are constantly in our phones and we have no awareness of those around us.
Thomas / /u/DateWhileYouWait please correct anything that's incorrect with my statements.
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