Monday, March 7, 2011

Let's play a game...

...called "What would YOU do?"

Part 1: You are given scenarios that are either real life or hypothetical situations. You must respond with how you would react in such a situation. Thus, the name "What would you do?" You respond with what you would do.

1) You are walking down the street at 10 o'clock at night. You are alone. As you are walking you hear something rustling behind you. You look back. It's a dog. Not even a dog really, but something between a puppy and full grown dog. You make eye contact. Suddenly the puppy is trotting towards you instead of cautiously following. It starts to wag it's tail. You realize that you've stopped for too long, and now the puppy is hopeful. Clearly, it is a stray. But then again, most of the dogs in the city are strays. Even though you start to ignore it, it follows you all the way home and starts to whine at the entrance to your building. What do you do?

2) It's in the middle of the winter, and it's cold. Very cold. Nearly every day there are children sitting outside near your apartment begging. They sit outside with box singing and begging for money. They might be homeless, but they might be forced by their parents to go out and beg. What do you do?

3) You are walking down the street with some friends. It's during the day in a public place. You are walking on the edge of your group. As you pass a stranger, he reaches out and grabs you. He's not trying to steal your stuff. He just reaches out, grabs you, then walks by laughing. What do you do?

4) You are coming home late at night on a Saturday. It's at most -20C outside. As you climb the stairs to your flat you pass a little boy sleeping in your stairway curled around the heater between flights of stairs. He looks to be about seven years old. What do you do?

5) As you walk to work in the morning (again in the cold - noticing a trend?)you look down. There is a puppy, probably 8 weeks old, curled up near an open doorway trying to catch residual heat. But, it's pretty obvious that he's freezing to death. What do you do?

6) You are in a cab late at night. As you pull up to your stop, the cab driver demands 10x the amount you should pay for the ride you just took. Furthermore, you don't actually have the money that he is asking for. You tell him this, hand him what the fare should have been, and go to get out. But, he grabs your jacket and refuses to let go until you pay him more money. You don't have more money and, he won't let go. What do you do?

Part 2: Guess which scenarios are real and which are hypothetical.