I finally got the opportunity to role play against Bro Adams and I think I pitted well. "I don't know, what would you do?" It was good to be able to use some things that I learned from the mission.
We learned more on the things we should do for empathic listening. We saw a clip from Father of the Bride.
I think the highlight today was when Bro Adams brought up a good real world scenarios. The scenario was if you are an intern at Time Magazine and they are going to be holding a meeting at a club, what would you do? To me, it is a simple people relations scenario. Go with the company because you need to be there BUT just DON'T DRINK! People will respect you for that. Besides they know you are from BYU-I. I do not see the point where confined Mormons needs to get all antsy in these situations. Maybe I grew up as a non-member and the only member in my family in Baltimore-DC corridor and that is different from UT/ID. Also the boss is trying to be as understanding as possible. No pressure at all to drink.
Let's just be people and respect each other. There is a real world outside of the Mormon bubble where we will be working/living in. The only difference is, you have to know where to draw the line. If you cannot live and understand the culture outside the Church, stay in Utah.
*this is not targeted to anyone in particular. This part of my frustration with some here on this campus that complains a lot concerning these types of issues (and also after serving in SLC).
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