during March break - i was involved with kids camp
one young chap (even below the minimum age mentioned) somehow was part of the group .. and obviously i could not include him in all the coding related activities meant for little older kids .. he happily was passing time playing games on the desktop computer ..
on roblox (i need to learn/explore that platform more) he might have come across something similar (as above pic) .. and i might be busy in some other corner of the room when he requested some money from a fellow camper (he assumed he has to pay for some kind of "upgrade") .. the other kid also just passed a $20 bill (note) and did not bother what our friend was up to ..
during the lunch break, the kind/generous 'lender' mentioned to me that he cannot go out and buy his lunch because he is out of money (he had given $20 to the youngest camper!) .. on further inquiry we figured out that the innocent screenager had clicked the button next to CD drive and "inserted" the bill/note "inside" assuming it was some kind of system to pay for his "upgrade" in his game .. i thought they were all joking and did not believe the "story" till they convinced with some "green" shade i could sense inside the drive - unfortunately the note was stuck inside and we could neither get it out nor confirm its presence. i called the IT support desk and mentioned that i might have the weirdest "problem" they have ever heard of - and i requested someone to come physical down to the computer lab we were in ..
the technician happened to be my former student - and he said he needs to "unlock" the hardware first and then take the system to their "shop" to actually open up the case and see if they can get the money back :D
i requested him to take at least a picture for me - it was such an interesting 1st day of the week long camp :)
ahh, the innocence of the screen-agers these days !!
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