I got an opportunity to do something amazing. A genie asked me to participate in a super-power study. My genie needed to know what super-powers were most requested, what the pros and cons were of each super-power, and the price you would be willing to pay have the super-power. Now, don't go and ask me where my genie came from. You will just have to open your own special bottle of Coca-Cola.
He started by asking me what super-power I would choose to have. This, of course, helped satisfy the first portion of his study. After serious consideration, I decided on invisibility. The genie then gave me a free one-day pass with the super-power of my choice. I had decided I would be willing to pay a lot for this new super-power, but due to my free day of testing, I will no longer be able to afford the pricing structure I had set up with my genie. Instead of breaking down the play-by-play (because some of you may be really embarrassed), I’ll just give you the pros and cons list I submitted to my genie.
1. Creating floating objects:
PRO: I could make things “float” around the room and scare the crap out of my friends. Some of them seriously freaked out.
CON: Some friends freaked out by leaving the room screaming. Some freaked out by swinging at the floating objects (and me) with a baseball bat.
2. Creating voices from mid-air
PRO: I could easily frighten people by saying things to them when they thought no one was in the room. Or, if they talked to themselves, I could answer them.
CON: Some of my friends are obviously schizophrenic and didn’t even flinch at the voice.
3. Scaring animals and pets
PRO: By touching a bird on the head, or making noises at a dog, or even “psst”ing at a cat you can really entertain yourself. I love picking on the animals.
CON: Not a good game to play with skunks.
4. Checking up on the ethics of your company’s CEO
