Pop quiz, hotshot…
Your toddler is getting bitten at school. Like, repeatedly. Every day you have to sign a report, acknowledging that your child was bitten by the class vampire. Again. You’re 99.999% sure it’s the same kid each time. This kid is your kid’s best buddy, but you don’t know the parents very well, if at all. The teachers are apologetic, but there’s not much they can do to prevent the biting. What do you do?
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You walk into the office restroom. There are two sinks that you have to pass to reach the stalls. One of them is running – not just dripping – but no one is using it. Do you go about your business, or first stop to shut off the water?
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A coworker asks a question that s/he should know the answer to. You give your opinion, but it clearly isn’t what s/he wanted to hear. Even though you’re very busy, the coworker tries to get you to complete an extremely simple task that s/he could accomplish just as easily and quickly as you. The task must be done. You just want them to go away. Do you do it yourself or not?
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You are looking for a movie to put you in the holiday spirit. While flipping channels, you come across Elf, A Christmas Story, and Christmas Vacation. Which one do you choose?
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You have plans to attend a Christmas party on Friday night. You arranged for a babysitter weeks ago, but today discovered that the after-school program is offering Parents’ Night Out. Only your older child can attend, but it’s a flat $10 for four hours as opposed to the $10+ per hour you pay the sitter for watching both kids. Do you take advantage, thereby reducing your at-home babysitting charges to the child that goes to bed before 7:30 p.m.?
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You want some new boots. Your husband wants a pair of these frightening abominations that make you want to curl into a ball and die. You get yours, I get mine, he says. Is this a no-brainer?
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There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?
December 8th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Challenge: ACCEPTED.
-Hope that she turns into a vampire and gets to marry Edward Cullen.
-SHUT OFF THE WATER FIRST AND SAVE THE PLANET! Dude.
-Tell them to bite you and do the work themselves.
-Elf. Always Elf.
-Take AE to the after-school thing. He’ll have fun and you’ll save money/break even.
-Let the man get his shoes. As long as he never wears them in your presence.
-Make out with Keanu Reeves. In fact, that could be a viable answer for any of the prior questions.
You’re welcome.
December 8th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Uh, Val, I hate to burst your teeny bopper bubble, but I don’t think a real-life Edward Cullen would be interested in marrying a woman. Just saying.
I’ve already discussed most of these with NSM (in fact, most of these have already been decided) but for the record:
- Christmas Vacation, > Elf > A Christmas Story. In fact, any Vacation movie > any other movie.
- You got your boots. I’m getting my shoes. And I’m going to wear them FREAKING EVERYWHERE with giant sign that says “Not only do I know NSM, she sleeps with me of her own volition.”
- If I get to snog a mid-90s Sandra Bullock, I’ll rescue the folks on the bus. If not, they’re on their own.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am
- I don’t know what to do about the biting, we went through a couple weeks like that, and I just decided to let it pass.
– Shut off the water
– Coworker should do her work herself, tell he you’re busy and to either just do it or ask someone else.
– Christmas Vacation
– Send AE to the school – cheaper, more fun, win/win.
– Everyone gets to pick and wear their own shoes.
– I’m with Val, make out with Keanu Reeves.
December 9th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Ditto everything Valerie says. With a slight addendum: N is not to wear those “shoes” in my presence either. They scare me.