You are driving down the road in your sports car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:
1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car? No, really, think about it a second.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application. You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first. Or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.
The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. He simply answered: 'I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams.' Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. To be able to 'Think Outside of the Box.' could be a successful life style.
My friend argues that the correct answer is to run the old lady over and put her out of her misery because health care won't pay for her hospital visit anyway, have sex with the perfect partner on the hood of the car, then drive off with the old friend for a few beers.
Gawd, my friend just loves happy endings!
1 comment:
Every time I see some query like this and see answers such as those your friend and the job-winner gave I am again irritated with myself, because I ALWAYS take such queries as being a sort of multiple choice and I never come up with a scenario that covers more than one person getting the ride, or whatever. It almost seems like anything but picking a, b or c is somehow cheating - so I guess I am destined never to get the job. My thought before I read the other solutions was that I'd like to take the perfect partner (I am currently sadly in need of one) but almost certainly would take the old lady (probably grudgingly)- if experience is any guide. Most likely she'd die on the way in my car, and I'd be out a friend AND a future, but have some cold comfort in thinking I'd been a good person. Yet another support for the good guys finish last theory.
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