Some grinned and walked swiftly past. Others paused long enough to lift camera phones. Some approached with trepidation.
“Is it free?” one man asked before sitting down.
Mr. Knox, 28, is the mind behind Date While You Wait, a pop-up booth in which he engages strangers in conversation during a board game. He said his mission was borne of a simple desire to bring some levity to the scowling, harried masses who brave the subways of New York City. There is no tip jar or open guitar case. The concept is street theater, using the Internet as a digital bullhorn.
