You are volunteering at a food and a care shelter and you are suppose to be cleaning the tables and wiping them down after a holiday meal. As you approach one table, a man at adjacent table tugs on your sleeves. He asks you about refills on his drink, and you respond, then turn back to cleaning the table you were working on. He continuing speaking, and you realize that he wants you to listen. You have been there for four hours already and you are ready to go home. You wait for a break in his speech, then you...
a. What would you do? Would you take a time to listen to him?
b. Would you answer his question politely, then try to get out of his proximity so you can finish your job and go home?
c. Could you "mmhmm" along with him while you clean the table and plan you evening?
d. What would you really do as opposed to what you think you should do or what you feel others in the class will say you should do?