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A job seeker entered the room where he would be interviewed for a job he wanted. There were four persons sitting behind a long table, all with serious look and tricky smile. After a moment egulfed by the lack of air on that room, he stepped in and sat in the only empty chair, right in front of them.  

The woman in the middle smiled on gretted him. In exchange, he pulled up both of his lips corners, forced a smile on his rigid cheeks, it made his face looked weird somehow. The interviewers asked some questions, a question from an interviewer, for the answer, he just nodded, said ‘yes’ and ‘no’ until the turn of man with the most horrible face to ask him.

“You are driving your car in the middle of night by your car. When you are near a bus stop you see three people standing and waiting for a bus. First is an old woman, she is sick and seems could be lost her life anytime. Second is your friend you owe him your life once. And third is a woman you fall in love with, let say your a lifetime lover. Which one of them you will help?”

This question left a noticeable trace of surprised on the job seeker’s face. This was a tricky question indeed. If he choose to help the old lady, he would feel guilty toward his friend and at the same time lost his true love. If he help his friend, he would be accused as a person with no humanity and again, lost his dream love. Last choice, his love, he would be marked as the most selfish person ever.

In the middle of his confusion, something popped up in his mind, enough to made he smiled and started to talk.

“I would  like to give my car’s key to my friend so he could bring the old sick lady to hospital. And I would stand there with my love, waiting bus together.”

All the interviewers smiled to hear that and agreed that this man is worthy for this job.

Ps : I read this somewhere titled ‘Think Outside of Box’ and just re-telling it with my own style. Hope you all don’t find me plagiarize. Comments and corrections are welcomed, thank you :)