Re: OT: Re: Are you a "Mental Gymnast"?

["Jan Cohen" <familyforever -at- mindspring -dot- com>]

Uh, you let the friend who saved you borrow the car to take the elderly lady
to the hospital, and you and your umbrella remain behind with the love of
your life, while the two of you await your friend's return.  When he get's
back, you give the umbrella to your friend, then drive the love of your life
to where she (or he) needs to go, either promising to return after you
rescue your friend with the umbrella, or making a date for another time.
You then return to your friend, ask if they'd like to go get a hot cup of
coffee (if you scheduled a date with the love of your life for another
time), or drive your friend to where they need to go.  Finally, if you
promised the love of your life you'd be back after rescuing your friend, you
return, the hero (with roses in hand).

Ask me where I got the roses.

Jan Cohen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tammy VanBoening" <Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- netRegulus -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: OT: Re: Are you a "Mental Gymnast"?


>
>
> Yet another mental gymnast question that a colleague had to answer for a
> recent interview. They didn't get the job, but did learn the answer for
the
> applicant who was offered the position. My friend couldn't really figure
out
> what this had to do w/ technical writing, but we surmised that maybe it
was
> to determine how much of a team player one really is and how you solve
> really difficult situations so that everybody can be satisfied (if that
> really is ever possible).
>
> You are driving on a dark, rainy, stormy night and as you drive by a bus
> stop you notice three people - an elderly woman who needs to go the
hospital
> immediately, an old friend you once saved your life (literally) and the
love
> of your life - the person for whom you have always been waiting. Your car,
> however, can hold only one other person. What do you do?
>
> I will give a hint - the applicant who was offered the position managed to
> accomodate everyone in this scenario - all three people as well as
> him/herself.
>
> Tammy Van Boening
> Senior Technical Writer
> NetRegulus, Inc.
> 303-925-7721 (Direct)
> 303-925-7700 (Main)
> 303-662-9320 (Fax)
> tammy -dot- vanboening -at- netregulus -dot- com
> www.netregulus.com



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