I
read about a challenge that a teacher gave to his students. It was a
project where students were organized into groups, and each group (of 4
or so) had 24 hours to make as much money as possible. The group that
returned with the most cash by class the next day won the challenge.
我读到一位老师给学生的挑战。这是一个将学生分组的项目，每组（4人左右）有24小时的时间尽可能多地赚钱。第二天带着最多现金回来的小组赢得了挑战。
Most
of the groups relatively usual tasks. Some washed cars that afternoon,
others went door to door. One group had organized themselves together on
purpose because they were all in a band, and played on a street corner
in their local town, with a cup in front of them with a sign explaining
their project, asking for anything passersby could give them.
大多数小组的任务相对来说比较常见。当天下午，一些人洗车，另一些人挨家挨户地洗车。有一组人是组织起来的，因为他们都是乐队成员，在当地城镇的街角演奏，面前放着一个杯子，杯子上有一块解释他们项目的牌子，要求路人给他们任何东西。
The
group that ended up winning, however, approached the project completely
differently. One of the students brought up the fact that some people
say that time is someone's most valuable resource, sometimes moreso than
money. They decided that they would find a way to get paid for saving
people's time. Then, one of the students had an idea. They split into
pairs and each pair went to one of the two busiest sit-down restaurants
in town. On the drive there, students would call in and make
reservations for 2, 3, and 4, at certain times, spaced out by about 10
minutes. The students would then wait for their times to come up. While
they were waiting, they told customers that were sitting down waiting
(who had not made reservations) that they had reservations for right now
and would sell the reservation for $20. When they were informed that
their table was ready, or almost ready, they were handed the cash and
the strangers would get the table. The students did this over and over
again at both of the busy restaurants and ended up netting $1100. The
teacher was blown away. He said that no group had ever ended up with
more than $250.
然而，最终获胜的小组对该项目的态度完全不同。其中一名学生提出了这样一个事实：时间是一个人最宝贵的资源，有时比金钱更重要。他们决定要想办法节省人们的时间而获得报酬。然后，其中一个学生有了一个主意。他们分成两人一组，各自去城里最繁忙的两家餐馆中的一家。在去那里的路上，学生们会打电话预约2、3和4号座位，在热门时间段间隔约10分钟。然后，学生们会等待时间到来。在等待的过程中，学生们告诉坐在那里等待的顾客，他们现在有预订，并将以20美元的价格出售预订。当他们被告知他们的桌子已经准备好了，或者几乎准备好了时，他们被递给现金，陌生人就会拿到桌子。学生们在这两家繁忙的餐厅里一遍又一遍地重复这样做，最终净赚了1100美元。老师大吃一惊。因为，从来没有一个团体的收入超过250美元。
Ever
since I read about this about 6 months ago, I've wanted to try it. I
think I might do just that this summer. Although, I'm not sure if it's
allowed, or even legal.
自从大约6个月前我读到这篇文章以来，我就想试试。我想今年夏天我可能会这么做。尽管如此，我不确定它是否被允许，甚至是否合法。
Just to be clear, I don't recommend trying this, and if you do, I'm not responsible for any consequences that ensue.
需要明确的是，我不建议你这样做，如果你这样做了，我不对由此产生的任何后果负责。
这妥妥的就是"黄牛"行为啊!!!