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The Bike

What do you do in the next ten seconds?

The Bike

It's the middle of the afternoon on a busy street. A man in shorts is crouched over a bike, cutting through the lock with a small angle grinder. He's not hiding. People are walking past. He glances up at you, unbothered, and keeps going. It could be his own bike and his own lost key.

What do you do in the next ten seconds?

Then ask

  • What would you need to see to be sure enough to say something?
  • If you walk on and see a poster about a stolen bike next week, does that sit with you?
  • Would you act differently if there were one other person watching you watch?

The classics and some new ones. A scenario, the question it forces, and the follow-ups that make it bite.

More at this level

  1. The Pond
  2. The Deathbed Promise
  3. The Windfall
  4. The Payslip
  5. The Ring
  6. The Novel
  7. Who Stays
  8. The Will