Drosophilic Guinea Pig
I got this E-Mail on Wednesday.
Even though I work on Fridays, I made the arrangements to help them out. There were four of us, total. Two guys, two gals, three of us station affiliated. We were given three tasks.
Given a list of fifteen items, and information about having crash landed on the moon, we ranked the items from most to least useful.
Given envelopes with clues in them, we were to determine distances, times, and average distance per unit of time for a journey.
Given a list of eight individuals, and assuming a devastating nuclear war, we had to choose three individuals to die.
From the very beginning, one of the group members, a twenty-one year old female who we'll call Monica, was giggly, loud, ignorant, and difficult to work with. She interrupted people, jumped from thing to thing, et cetera. She tried to lead the group, while contributing little or nothing to the process.
Once the whole thing was over, we were asked to fill out a question sheet with four questions about the process. Most of my answers talked about how difficult it was to work with Monica, as the other two were fairly easy to work with. During the course of the exercises, at least twice I had to bring the group back into focus, and I noted that in the survey.
Once Monica was gone, I mentioned to the remaining group member (the other guy) and the three remaining observers (both of the people I knew from the station, and another guy) that Monica was a bit of a distraction. Rock Director kind of laughed and said that she'd "hand picked" Monica, a girl she went to middle and high schools with. Although the rest of us were invited due to our fitting into specific personality roles, the entire exercise was set up so that the observers could videotape and observe how the three of us oriented around Monica.
Finding that out was rather entertaining.
Hey Fly -
This is kind of short notice but, we're in a bit of a pinch...
[Former Program Manager] and I are taking a Small Group Comm class for which we have a project we're doing this Friday evening. We're putting together a group that we need to observe doing a couple simple activities together and we agreed that you fit one of the personality types we're trying to get for the group.
We'd REALLY appreciate it if you could participate. It will be [at the station] at 6:30, there will be FREE PIZZA, and it will not take more than an hour of your time. You'll be in a room with 4 other people ( several of whom will probably also be [station]-affiliated) and we'll just have a camera going while you do a little project together.
Please email me back or call me [...] to let me know if you're available or if you have anymore questions.
- Rock Director
Even though I work on Fridays, I made the arrangements to help them out. There were four of us, total. Two guys, two gals, three of us station affiliated. We were given three tasks.
From the very beginning, one of the group members, a twenty-one year old female who we'll call Monica, was giggly, loud, ignorant, and difficult to work with. She interrupted people, jumped from thing to thing, et cetera. She tried to lead the group, while contributing little or nothing to the process.
Once the whole thing was over, we were asked to fill out a question sheet with four questions about the process. Most of my answers talked about how difficult it was to work with Monica, as the other two were fairly easy to work with. During the course of the exercises, at least twice I had to bring the group back into focus, and I noted that in the survey.
Once Monica was gone, I mentioned to the remaining group member (the other guy) and the three remaining observers (both of the people I knew from the station, and another guy) that Monica was a bit of a distraction. Rock Director kind of laughed and said that she'd "hand picked" Monica, a girl she went to middle and high schools with. Although the rest of us were invited due to our fitting into specific personality roles, the entire exercise was set up so that the observers could videotape and observe how the three of us oriented around Monica.
Finding that out was rather entertaining.
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