So I had to help out with a move this past weekend. When we arrived at the new place, I was informed that the empty lot across the street was the former location for Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment complex here in Milwaukee. This is where he was living where he was caught. It was subsequently torn down and it just an unmarked empty lot now. I have subsequently found out that the empty lot was not actually Dahmer's lot. The actual lot is a block away on the same street. This doesn't matter for the story, though.
So while we're all standing around looking at the lot, I thought, "We should tell them (the people moving in) that this is Dahmer's lot." I figured, I would want to know. Apparently this thought was not shared by anyone else there, and the idea was quashed. In the end it was good I didn't say anything because I was misinformed. Then I would have the awkward recant. Anyway, tell me how you would respond below.
Your question wording on the poll is biased. I would know, I wrote survey questions as a research assistant for 2 years. You can't add "and then feel dumb when they find out" to the question because it creates two problems. First, this is creating a double barrell question, meaning you are asking two questions but giving only when response option. Second, if you add and then feel dumb, you are asking people to select that they will feel dumb if they say they would not tell them. This will deter people from selecting that option. Unless of course that is your motive.
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ReplyDeleteOption three: I would tell them untactfully with a big smirk on my face, and make sure their children know there used to be dead bodies buried across the street, and maybe the cops never found them all.
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