# Re: People watching

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Posted by wetdunker on March 30, 2020 at 18:43:17

In Reply to: Re: People watching posted by LeviLovR on March 30, 2020 at 11:35:23:

"My experience with dunk tanks has been that whenever a group of young people are running it they usually don't want to be there, or not for very long."

I wouldn't say that's really true, in my experience. Usually I've it where if they allow kids into the dunk tank at all, then usually the line of kids waiting to go IN the dunk tank is way longer than the line of kids waiting to throw at the target :-). Obviously it depends on the situation and the group of people involved, some kids just wouldn't be comfortable going in a dunk tank no matter what, and that's totally expected. But I think if people have the "right" attitude, then they shouldn't have trouble finding volunteers. Let's face it, getting to be the center of attention, getting to yell taunts and teases at your friends/enemies, getting to cool off on a hot day, these are all things that most kids LOVE!

I think sometimes the problem is simple: if you tell a teenager that they HAVE to do something, then they're instinctive automatic response is going to be to want to refuse. Doesn't matter if you tell them they have to go in a dunk tank, or tell them they have to clean their room. As soon as you make it "required" and take away their choice, they're obviously going to resist doing it - even if its something fun like a dunk tank.

On the other hand, if you present it as an opportunity, a privilege, something that they GET to do rather than HAVE to do... that's when you'll end up with more volunteers than you can handle! The times I've run a dunk tank or any similar kind of thing for a group of youths, I always try to present it as something fun that they GET to do if they want to, and I've never had a shortage of people willing to participate when I've phrased it that way.

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