Ethics, November 6, 2019

[sith_happened]

Today's ethics class was held in the Danger Shop today, with Anakin looking a bit smug.

Always a bad sign.

"We've talked about big ethical issues," Anakin said, "but the general standard of 'being a good person/sentient being' is different in different places, but 'that person/sentient being is behaving like a jerk' is an ethical judgment we all make at least five times a day. More if someone is holding up the line at the coffee shop. Today you'll have three scenarios to navigate. Your goal is to avoid a violent confrontation while still stopping unacceptable--if you find it unacceptable--behavior."

He smiled. "This will be fun."

Probably not for the students, but details.

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Scenario #1: Coffee Shop

[sith_happened]

The person in the front of the line has, apparently, never ordered coffee before in their lives. They had spent the entire time in the long, long line looking at their phone and now that they are at the front, are just now looking at the menu and are asking the barista about calorie counts of the various drinks.

They aren't doing anything wrong, per se, but it's extremely annoying. The man in front of you, though, is starting to make racist and sexist comments about what might be taking the barista so long to get the order--which the customer hasn't even made yet--done.

What do you do?

Re: Scenario #1: Coffee Shop

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Although Tisarwat didn't exactly have a whole lot of context for the comments the person in front of her was making, there was no mistaking a tone, and a slight tension building in the air that gave her more than just a faint flashback of dealing with the lines and crowds protesting back at Atheok Station, which seemed ages ago, but, really, she realized, wasn't even half a year ago.

So she did what she did then, when it was starting to feel like the gathered masses were getting restless and escalating toward the violence and disruption they were hoping to avoid. By distracting them, with as much politeness and charm as she could manage, to get their mind off the thing bothering them and, in this case, hopefully, the extended wait and their utter lack of patience.

"Excuse me," she ventured, leaning in a little, lifting a hand to catch his attention, "sorry to bother you, but, while we were waiting, I couldn't help but notice your shoes. They're so interesting! Where did you get them?"

Re: Scenario #1: Coffee Shop

[handystand]

Okuyasu raised his hand slightly, forcing himself to stop because as much as he wants to just erase the dude, that would technically be murder.

He instead looked around, and then just casually punched the guy in the back of the head as hard as he could with The Hand. Meaning most folks didn't even see a thing, unless they could see Stands. And with that, Okuyasu put his hands in his pockets and started innocently whistling.

Re: Scenario #1: Coffee Shop

[mother_forker]

Eleanor waited approximately ten seconds before getting tired of it all.

"Fork this."

Pulling out her phone, she used an app to have coffee delivered to the dangershop. Just for herself. When the coffee arrived she sat in her chair and watched instragram videos at full volume.

Re: Scenario #1: Coffee Shop

[unusual_sith]

Lana stepped forward and tapped the person in front of her on the shoulder. "Pardon me. You're being an arse and should leave. Now."

Then she smiled at the person in front of the line. "You'll have a black coffee."

Force suggestion was so useful.

She tipped the barista well.