You are an 8th grade math teacher. In the middle of your lesson, a student in the front row groans loudly and says he is "dying from boredom." What do you say or do?
Bonus point: how do you think the student would respond?
You are working at Dunkin' Donuts. A customer comes in and demands 16 strawberry glazed donuts with sprinkles. Lots of sprinkles! You look over and see only 2 of those donuts on the shelf. There are not enough. What do you say?
Bonus point: how do you think the customer will react?
You are working at a grocery store the day before Thanksgiving. You are stocking shelves. You notice that there are no more marshmallows on the shelf. A customer asks you where the marshmallows are? What do you say?
Bonus point: How do you think the customer will respond?
You order your pizza with extra pepperonis. When the waiter brings the pizza it doesn't have any pepperoni. What do you say?
Bonus: What should the waiter say?
You are a Lego designer. Your boss says you have to create a new Lego idea and present it for review. What is your idea?
Ask your partner if they would buy the set you designed.
You are the principal of a high school. A student was sent to your office for refusing to go to class. What should you say?
What do you think the student will say?
You are a parent. Your teenager just broke his third cell phone this year. How will you handle this?
Bonus: How do you think your teenager will respond?
You are the mayor of Speechville. You need to create a fun holiday to cheer everyone up. What holiday would you create?
Bonus question: What percentage of people do you think would enjoy the holiday?
You just won 17 million dollars in the state lottery. Name one good thing you would do with the money.
Name one bad thing that might happen if you won that much money.
It is almost your best friend's birthday and you want to surprise them with an awesome gift. How could you find out what to get them without asking them what they want?
Bonus point: What would be an awesome gift?
You found $20 in the hallway at school. What should you do with the money?
What are some other choices people might choose to do with the money?
You are a 6th grade teacher monitoring a game club. All of the sudden, a student begins to yell and throws a Monopoly board onto the floor. Paper money and dice fly everywhere. What would you do?
Why do you think the student threw the game? How did that make the other students feel?
It is parent teacher conference night and you are taking your son to meet with his teacher. Before you can say anything, he burps loudly again. What would you say or do?
What is the parent thinking? What is the teacher thinking?
