In the spirit of hypothetical situations, here's another one. I was in class, training, when some of the Team Managers from Operations decide to pay my group a visit and say hello. This was done in typical call-center-pageant-like fashion with them introducing themselves one at a time, and answering this question afterward:
"If it were your last day here on earth, what would you do?"
Family. Family. Party. Sex. Family. At this point I had already tuned out, and was catching up on my e-mail at the back of the room. "Good deal," I thought to myself. "I could use a breather." So I'm tapping away on my keyboard when... "Let's now hear it from your Trainer!"
Applause.
"Sorry, what was the question?"
"If it were your last day here on earth, what would you do?"
You have no idea how seriously I take these questions; but it was late, I was tired, and they had caught me off-guard. I gave some bullshit answer just for giggles. Something along the lines of "Go to the beach and overdose on morphine." Yeah, whatever.
Damage control. I had to redeem myself and that shitty answer. I blasted an e-mail to the team the next day. "If it were my last day here on earth, I'd fly to Alaska to see the Northern Lights. I imagine it'd be like morphine, only better."
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