There’s no need to talk about how unconventional thinking can come in handy in any situation. AdmiGram.com just reminds you of this, using an example of an old story. Specifically, about its most unexpected interpretation.
So, if you haven’t heard the story about the bicycle, the old lady, the old friend, and the girl, this riddle is sure to surprise you. It’s very old but can perfectly tell everything about a person. The main thing is to think and answer the riddle honestly.
Riddle about fellow travelers: who will you choose to help?
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The situation: You’re riding a bicycle and pass by a bus stop where three people ask for your help. One of them is an elderly woman who’s feeling unwell and needs to get to the nearest hospital. The second person is your old friend who once saved you in an incredibly critical situation.
He’s simply begging you to give him a ride because he’s in a terrible hurry, and whether he makes it in time determines his entire life. The third person is an incredibly beautiful girl, perhaps the kind you can only dream of. But she’s so fed up with these two fellow travelers that she’s willing to marry you right here and now, just so you can take her away from here.
What to do and how to act? After all, the bicycle can only take one fellow traveler. Are you pondering? Think. There’s no right answer here, as this riddle is a moral and ethical dilemma designed to reveal the essence of the test subject.
Someone will give a ride to the elderly woman, as she needs help. Another will help the friend, as he once helped you in a difficult situation. And the third will simply take the beautiful girl with him because personal happiness, as they say, doesn’t come knocking on your door. In general, you’ve probably chosen your answer and know why.
By the way, what about unconventional thinking? Didn’t we start talking about it at the very beginning?
So here, few can come up with the idea of simply getting off the bike, giving it to the old friend to take the woman to the hospital, and then going about their own business. And the girl? You’ll just rid her of these two fellow travelers, and she’ll be with you forever.
As you can see, there are no unsolvable problems: unconventional thinking and a different perspective provide the key to solving tasks of any complexity.
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