Have you ever faced something unpleasant with a positive attitude?
Late last month, a snowstorm stranded guests, employees and an Oasis tribute band at a pub in Yorkshire, England. They were stuck in the pub, which is also an inn, for three days until the roads were cleared and it was safe for them to leave. Though they were in a warm place with plenty of food, they couldn’t even go outside, as the exterior doors had up to three feet of snow piled against them. What do you think it was like to spend days in a building, unable to leave? Has anything like that ever happened to you? In unusual circumstances, have you tried to make the best of things? How hard was that to do? What surprises you most about the story of the people stranded at the pub? Why?
Have you ever faced something unexpected, inconvenient or perhaps even unpleasant (after all, most people stranded at the inn didn’t have their own rooms or even a change of clothes) and tried to make the best of the situation? How did you handle the experience? Did you learn anything about yourself, other people or even life itself?
How important do you think attitude is in an experience like this? How would you describe the attitude of the people who were stranded? How might things have ended differently if they had shown a different attitude? The article notes that the people who were stranded came together, with the guests helping wash dishes and collecting money for the employees. Have you ever been in a difficult situation that brought people together? Conversely, have you been in one where people did not take care of, or even turned on, one another? What was that experience like? How did it affect the outcome of the situation? Just for fun, make a list of places you wouldn’t mind being stranded. If you had to choose one, which would it be? What do you think it would be like to be stuck there? If you could choose a few people to be stranded with, who would they be? Why did you choose them? What is the hardest job interview question you've had to answer and how did you handle it? When have you made the best of a difficult situation?
Have you ever faced something unexpected, inconvenient or perhaps even unpleasant (after all, most people stranded at the inn didn’t have their own rooms or even a change of clothes) and tried to make the best of the situation? How did you handle the experience? Did you learn anything about yourself, other people or even life itself?
How important do you think attitude is in an experience like this? How would you describe the attitude of the people who were stranded? How might things have ended differently if they had shown a different attitude? The article notes that the people who were stranded came together, with the guests helping wash dishes and collecting money for the employees. Have you ever been in a difficult situation that brought people together? Conversely, have you been in one where people did not take care of, or even turned on, one another? What was that experience like? How did it affect the outcome of the situation? Just for fun, make a list of places you wouldn’t mind being stranded. If you had to choose one, which would it be? What do you think it would be like to be stuck there? If you could choose a few people to be stranded with, who would they be? Why did you choose them? What is the hardest job interview question you've had to answer and how did you handle it? When have you made the best of a difficult situation?
