Could You Recognise Your Loved Ones Dressed In Homeless Attire...

I came across this so called 'social experiment video' on the net, the objective is to see whether you can recognise your loved ones dressed in homeless clothes. They make-up your parents, wife, girlfriend and or friend etc. After the make-up, they look like homeless people indeed - rough and rugged. Then, they put them on the street and film the whole shebang. Then they make their loved ones to walk past in the street in which their made-up (transformed) loved ones are placed. The do this without forewarning the other loved ones, that their loved ones are on the street posing as homeless.

Anyway you guessed it right...they all could not recognise their loved ones - failed the test. When I first read about it, I anticipated the results to be that way. It would have been difficult for them to notice, because some of them left their loved ones at home, work, school, holiday etc. So, they couldn't consciously look out for them on the street. Even if they did notice some similarity, they will ignore it - shrugging it off. How many of us...really recognise the landscapes and landmarks around where we stay. Quite a few of us do that. Most of us just drive in and out, and we cant tell the difference in some changes that occur on our way to work/home or any place we visit regularly. Unless if it is major. 

I am not sure whether the experiment really achieved its objective though. It seems as if the assumption would have been that they will not recognise them which was essentially proven right. Which probably will mean that we do not recognise our environment. I think most of us would not have...!!!One might ask what is the point for the study/experiment. Methinks the following; 

1. It was to shamefully exposes our increased ignorance, when it comes to feeling sorry for the homeless. 
2. Whether peoples still take out time to stop briefly and greet the homeless or even offer a peace-meal (some still do religiously). 
3. Our concentration levels on the road has diminished as most of us think about a lot of things - our stress level has risen.
4. I also cant ignore the idea that keeps popping in my mind that, the experiment meant to vilify you and I about ability to recognise our loved ones, or anybody for that matter. We are too concerned with ourselves - selfish. Or simply we just don't care. Have a look at the video and leave your comment below.