Moral/Ethical Question

[ABM]

You are driving down the road in your Corvette 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.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car? Think before you continue reading.

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.

This is great, below....................















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.'

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Fuck that. I'd blow by all of them. It's raining and stormy. If I owned a Corvette, I wouldn't care about shit but protecting my Vette. They're likely wet and dirty. Gotta keep my ride in tip-top shape, so I blow by, maybe splash them all and pickup the girl in a week or two (girls like it when you treat them like shit, so I'd probably still score).

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Fuck that. I'd blow all of them.

What!?!?!?

 

[BlazerWookee]

All three are the same person, so...

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

What!?!?!?

I see what you did there. Nice try.

 

[Natebishop3]

I would pick up my friend. That's the most honest answer. Most people are too chicken to hit on a hot chick at a bus stop, and most people would never notice or care about an old lady that looks sick. That's the truth. Hell, I'd be willing to wager that many people would walk past an old lady with obvious heart attack symptoms.

There was that TV show that had the guy grabbing the little girl to see if anyone would stop him. The only people who actually stopped to help were three young black guys. Hell, most people would probably blow past the bus stop entirely if they felt they had somewhere to be.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I see what you did there. Nice try.

 

[jlprk]

I'd put the old bag in the passenger seat, let the blonde straddle the gearshift knob, drive 10 mph, and have my friend run alongside so I could argue Blazers.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'd put the old bag in the passenger seat, let the blonde straddle the gearshift knob, drive 10 mph, and have my friend run alongside so I could argue Blazers.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

A perfect anwer.

 

[crandc]

Interesting answer, ABM - and covers all the bases.

 

[HailBlazers]

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.'

Too easy!

 

[Mediocre Man]

This is a question my firm asks all applicants.

Most people that apply here answer that they would use their cell phone to call for help and offer the old lady a seat in their car until help showed up. What;s funny about that is there is no need to call for help, so everyone who answers it that way is shown to be ingenuine

 

[BlazerWookee]

This is a question my firm asks all applicants.

Most people that apply here answer that they would use their cell phone to call for help and offer the old lady a seat in their car until help showed up. What;s funny about that is there is no need to call for help, so everyone who answers it that way is shown to be ingenuine

No need to call for help for an old lady who looks like she's about to die? Running low on minutes?

 

[Mediocre Man]

No need to call for help for an old lady who looks like she's about to die? Running low on minutes?

According to the psychologists who score the test.

 

[BlazerWookee]

According to the psychologists who score the test.

Well, lol, then those psychologists should see a psychologist who specializes in teaching sociopaths to stop being such insensitive assholes...

 

[crandc]

I'm going to play devil's advocate, ABM.

How do you know this is the woman of your dreams? All you have is a quick glance of her at a bus stop. She may be drop dead gorgeous but she may also be shallow, self centered, vicious, greedy, backstabbing, stupid, violent, or an absolute sweetheart who is married to someone else. Also, posing this question to a male employee assumes he's straight, and also presumes the woman is straight.

 

[BlazerWookee]

...posing this question to a male employee assumes he's straight, and also presumes the woman is straight.

Not to be confrontational, but how do you figure?

The questions are:


1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Where is the gender-preference presumption? Sincere question...

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'm going to play devil's advocate, ABM.

How do you know this is the woman of your dreams? All you have is a quick glance of her at a bus stop.

Oh come on... if she's hot, she's the woman of ABM's dreams. The rest gets sorted out either before the wedding or in divorce court.

 

[magnifier661]

You are driving down the road in your Corvette 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.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car? Think before you continue reading.

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.

This is great, below....................















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.'

I would lend my car to the man whom saved my life, so he can drive that lady to the hospital. Since he saved my life, he can do the same for the old lady and obviously knows me enough to get the car back to me. Then I would stay with that sexy partner, as she would be so enamored by my act of kindness, that she goes into the bushes with me to get me off.

EDIT: Fuck I didn't see your scroll down! Dude you should have left it blank until everyone answered dude!

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'm going to play devil's advocate, ABM.

How do you know this is the woman of your dreams? All you have is a quick glance of her at a bus stop. She may be drop dead gorgeous but she may also be shallow, self centered, vicious, greedy, backstabbing, stupid, violent, or an absolute sweetheart who is married to someone else. Also, posing this question to a male employee assumes he's straight, and also presumes the woman is straight.

It says nothing about male or female. Now who is stereotyping

 

[Mediocre Man]

Oh come on... if she's hot, she's the woman of ABM's dreams. The rest gets sorted out either before the wedding or in divorce court.

If she's fake she's the woman of ABM's dreams. Lennay proved that

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I'm going to play devil's advocate, ABM.

How do you know this is the woman of your dreams? All you have is a quick glance of her at a bus stop. She may be drop dead gorgeous but she may also be shallow, self centered, vicious, greedy, backstabbing, stupid, violent, or an absolute sweetheart who is married to someone else. Also, posing this question to a male employee assumes he's straight, and also presumes the woman is straight.

Seriously? Do you just hallucinate things you want to see so you can get upset about being gay?

And not being able to know everything about the PARTNER is not relevant in this hypothetical, it's just assumed they are the partner of your dreams. Perfect for you.

 

[crandc]

It is true the question was posed in a gender neutral fashion, but most of the replies were not.

I'm not in the least upset about being gay, vanilla gorilla. If you have ever seen me upset about being gay, I'm not the one hallucinating.

Do you want to get upset about everything I say? The point of playing devil's advocate is to raise a different idea/perspective. If I were the interviewee I'd ask the exact question, how can one tell this is the perfect partner from a quick glance?

They probably wouldn't hire me.

 

[Mediocre Man]

It is true the question was posed in a gender neutral fashion, but most of the replies were not.

I'm not in the least upset about being gay, vanilla gorilla. If you have ever seen me upset about being gay, I'm not the one hallucinating.

Do you want to get upset about everything I say? The point of playing devil's advocate is to raise a different idea/perspective. If I were the interviewee I'd ask the exact question, how can one tell this is the perfect partner from a quick glance?

They probably wouldn't hire me.

Most of the replies were not because most of the repliers are not.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

It is true the question was posed in a gender neutral fashion, but most of the replies were not.

I'm not in the least upset about being gay, vanilla gorilla. If you have ever seen me upset about being gay, I'm not the one hallucinating.

Do you want to get upset about everything I say? The point of playing devil's advocate is to raise a different idea/perspective. If I were the interviewee I'd ask the exact question, how can one tell this is the perfect partner from a quick glance?

They probably wouldn't hire me.

Wouldn't you also ask how you know the old lady was going to die immediately without medical attention with just a quick glance?

I think the intent was to accept the facts as given . . . if one is going to question the hypothetical, there are many unanswered questions. My thought is I would call 911, but I don't think that is what the question had in mind.

 

[Further]

Take the old lady to get help, but tell the Partner of my dreams to call me and give her my number. My friend would understand, any friend of mine would want the person in need of medical attention to be treated first. The woman of my dreams would also understand and find my helping the old bag totally hot. Later that night I'd call my friend to to make sure we were all good, and the sexy sexy dream babe would call me wanting to show her appreciation for my heroic actions.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I'd turn the hottie over to my friend and say, "now we're even." Then, I'd turn to the old lady and say, "I hope you like hairy backs..."

 

[crandc]

Well, if the old lady was having a heart attack at the bus stop, it's safe to say she may well die without immediate medical help.

Hmm, maybe we can throw a wrench into the machine by making the perfect partner a cardiologist? Perfect partner takes care of old lady, calls ambulance on cell phone, so you have to settle for giving your friend a ride.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Well, if the old lady was having a heart attack at the bus stop, it's safe to say she may well die without immediate medical help.

Hmm, maybe we can throw a wrench into the machine by making the perfect partner a cardiologist? Perfect partner takes care of old lady, calls ambulance on cell phone, so you have to settle for giving your friend a ride.

Better yet, the friend's a cardiologist, and you end up with perfect partner!

 

[ABM]

Better yet, the friend's a cardiologist, and you end up with perfect partner!

No kidding. Now, that would be an affair of the heart.