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y'all ever play "scruples"?
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elance:
1. At the local grocer, you see an elderly woman shoplift bacon. Do you tell the grocer?
i don't think so. i'm sure the bacon is more important to the woman than it is to the grocer.
2. Your name sounds foreign and is difficult to pronounce. Your clients and superiors are always stumbling over it. Do you change it?
absolutely not.
3. You need one number to win the jackpot at BINGO. The stranger beside you also needs one number and its been called. Do you tell her?
probably. and then i go "why the hell did i do that?!"
4. You're cramming for a critical exam. Classmates are circulating a stolen advance copy of the test. Do you take one?
the question is, do i squeal on them. (i don't take a copy. i might turn them in anonymously. if trying to talk them out of it didn't work.)
5. Your spouse has become nervous wreck since he/she began day trading on the Internet. But he/she made $10K in a month. Do you make him/her stop?
i can't make him do anything. i certainly ask him if it's worth it, between the stress and the risk, and if he wouldn't be better off to quit while he's ahead.
6. The house of your dreams finally goes up for sale. You take a tour of the home with its soon to be former occupant, an elderly woman who's moving into a retirement home. When she quotes you the asking price, it is far below what you know the house is really worth. Do you accept her asking price or offer her more?
i accept her asking price. she has an agent.
7. You are on a safari with your bestest friend in the whole world and your mom/dad. While walking through the jungle, you all take a tumble over a hole in the ground. Your companions fall in while you fall just past it. In the hole is a nest of vipers that bite your companions. You are carrying the anti-venom but after the fall discover that all but one vial has been smashed. After pulling them both to freedom, who do you give the anti-venom to?
i'm not going to answer that question. i can't possibly know what i would do in a situation that i hope like hell none of us is ever in.
8. You dream that friends die in a plane crash. The next day they announce a trip to Greece. Do you mention your dream?
depends which friends, i think.
9. Some friends are visiting you. You notice that one of your very valuable collectibles is missing. Do you search the coats and purses?
no. i ask, "has anybody seen my [missing object]?"
10. You've just paid for groceries and the cashier is giving you your change. You notice that she's giving you far too much change. Do you ask her if she made a mistake?
no. i tell her she's made a mistake. (in fact this has happened. but not at the grocery store.)
11. You work at a bank and one evening discover that due to a clerical error, you could safely steal 1 million dollars from the bank and never get caught. Would you do it? What if you would never get caught but another coworker would be blamed?
how could i never get caught? i don't think i'd do it. i certainly wouldn't imperil a co-worker.
12. In order to win 1 million dollars, you are told to walk stark naked down a city sidewalk for one block. No one would harm you and you could hop into a waiting limousine at the other end. Would you do it?
maybe. maybe.
13. You are told that if you leave the country, taking only one other person with you, you will both be well taken care of but you could never return. Would you do it?
probably.
14. If by cutting off your pinky you could stop all wars, now and future, would you? What about your thumb?
i'd have to have some assurance that there were no loopholes -- like, this would also stop police actions and other non-war violence, etc.
15. Would you rather have a simple and predictable life, dying among friends and family, or a dramatic life with major ups and downs, dying alone in an empty apartment?
i think i choose the first option.
16. If you could use a voodoo doll to hurt anyone you chose, would you?
i think i'd keep the doll on my shelf but never actually use it.
17. Would you accept twenty years of extraordinary happiness and fulfillment if it meant you would die at the end of the period?
no. presumably, twenty years from now i will have friends and family who love me; i can't make a decision to leave them on purpose.
18. You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable, the stuff of dreams. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love?
six months? ... no.
19. Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerable yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?
happy private life.
20. If a new medicine were developed that would cure cancer but cause a fatal reaction in 1 percent of those who took it, would you want it to be released to the public?
absolutely. isn't cancer fatal in far more than one percent of those who have it?
21. You're invited to a cocktail party that turns into an in-the-buff pool party. Friends and strangers are present. Do you skinny-dip, too?
depends who's among those friends and strangers, and how much i've had to drink.
22. If you knew that by killing one person, all world hunger would instantly end, would you? What if the person was a horrible murderer? What if the person was an innocent child?
i don't think i could, no. certainly not if i had to do the killing myself. causing a person to be killed ... also not, i think.
23. If, for the next year, you could have the free services of a maid, a chauffeur, a gardner, a masseuse, or a chef, who would you pick and why?
the masseuse, i think. it'd make the biggest difference in the way i live, not having these knots in my shoulders.
24. If you could pick the sex of your child, would you?
no.
25. To win 1 million dollars, you and your partner could not have sex with each other for a month, would you? What about 10 million for 3 months? 100 million for 6 months?
do i get $200 million for a whole year?
elance:1. At the local grocer, you see an elderly woman shoplift bacon. Do you tell the grocer?
i don't think so. i'm sure the bacon is more important to the woman than it is to the grocer.
2. Your name sounds foreign and is difficult to pronounce. Your clients and superiors are always stumbling over it. Do you change it?
absolutely not.
3. You need one number to win the jackpot at BINGO. The stranger beside you also needs one number and its been called. Do you tell her?
probably. and then i go "why the hell did i do that?!"
4. You're cramming for a critical exam. Classmates are circulating a stolen advance copy of the test. Do you take one?
the question is, do i squeal on them. (i don't take a copy. i might turn them in anonymously. if trying to talk them out of it didn't work.)
5. Your spouse has become nervous wreck since he/she began day trading on the Internet. But he/she made $10K in a month. Do you make him/her stop?
i can't make him do anything. i certainly ask him if it's worth it, between the stress and the risk, and if he wouldn't be better off to quit while he's ahead.
6. The house of your dreams finally goes up for sale. You take a tour of the home with its soon to be former occupant, an elderly woman who's moving into a retirement home. When she quotes you the asking price, it is far below what you know the house is really worth. Do you accept her asking price or offer her more?
i accept her asking price. she has an agent.
7. You are on a safari with your bestest friend in the whole world and your mom/dad. While walking through the jungle, you all take a tumble over a hole in the ground. Your companions fall in while you fall just past it. In the hole is a nest of vipers that bite your companions. You are carrying the anti-venom but after the fall discover that all but one vial has been smashed. After pulling them both to freedom, who do you give the anti-venom to?
i'm not going to answer that question. i can't possibly know what i would do in a situation that i hope like hell none of us is ever in.
8. You dream that friends die in a plane crash. The next day they announce a trip to Greece. Do you mention your dream?
depends which friends, i think.
9. Some friends are visiting you. You notice that one of your very valuable collectibles is missing. Do you search the coats and purses?
no. i ask, "has anybody seen my [missing object]?"
10. You've just paid for groceries and the cashier is giving you your change. You notice that she's giving you far too much change. Do you ask her if she made a mistake?
no. i tell her she's made a mistake. (in fact this has happened. but not at the grocery store.)
11. You work at a bank and one evening discover that due to a clerical error, you could safely steal 1 million dollars from the bank and never get caught. Would you do it? What if you would never get caught but another coworker would be blamed?
how could i never get caught? i don't think i'd do it. i certainly wouldn't imperil a co-worker.
12. In order to win 1 million dollars, you are told to walk stark naked down a city sidewalk for one block. No one would harm you and you could hop into a waiting limousine at the other end. Would you do it?
maybe. maybe.
13. You are told that if you leave the country, taking only one other person with you, you will both be well taken care of but you could never return. Would you do it?
probably.
14. If by cutting off your pinky you could stop all wars, now and future, would you? What about your thumb?
i'd have to have some assurance that there were no loopholes -- like, this would also stop police actions and other non-war violence, etc.
15. Would you rather have a simple and predictable life, dying among friends and family, or a dramatic life with major ups and downs, dying alone in an empty apartment?
i think i choose the first option.
16. If you could use a voodoo doll to hurt anyone you chose, would you?
i think i'd keep the doll on my shelf but never actually use it.
17. Would you accept twenty years of extraordinary happiness and fulfillment if it meant you would die at the end of the period?
no. presumably, twenty years from now i will have friends and family who love me; i can't make a decision to leave them on purpose.
18. You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable, the stuff of dreams. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love?
six months? ... no.
19. Would you rather be extremely successful professionally and have a tolerable yet unexciting private life, or have an extremely happy private life and only a tolerable and uninspiring professional life?
happy private life.
20. If a new medicine were developed that would cure cancer but cause a fatal reaction in 1 percent of those who took it, would you want it to be released to the public?
absolutely. isn't cancer fatal in far more than one percent of those who have it?
21. You're invited to a cocktail party that turns into an in-the-buff pool party. Friends and strangers are present. Do you skinny-dip, too?
depends who's among those friends and strangers, and how much i've had to drink.
22. If you knew that by killing one person, all world hunger would instantly end, would you? What if the person was a horrible murderer? What if the person was an innocent child?
i don't think i could, no. certainly not if i had to do the killing myself. causing a person to be killed ... also not, i think.
23. If, for the next year, you could have the free services of a maid, a chauffeur, a gardner, a masseuse, or a chef, who would you pick and why?
the masseuse, i think. it'd make the biggest difference in the way i live, not having these knots in my shoulders.
24. If you could pick the sex of your child, would you?
no.
25. To win 1 million dollars, you and your partner could not have sex with each other for a month, would you? What about 10 million for 3 months? 100 million for 6 months?
do i get $200 million for a whole year?