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How tolerant are you?

How tolerant are you?

1. You have suggested an initiative at work but no one has signed up for it. You:
Organise a meeting so that you can explain to everyone what your intentions are
Let it go. People are too self-absorbed to take any notices
Talk to people individually to persuade them and succeed in getting all the signatures you need
Wish you hadn’t mentioned anything because some people are choosing not to speak to you
2. You are queuing up to see a film when your friend criticises Woody Allen. You love his films. You:
Find their remarks very interesting and start to see the director in a new light
Let them have their say but secretly wish you could give them a slap
Listen carefully before giving your point of view
Get in a temper and leave
3. Your partner wants to go on holiday to Iceland but you want to go to Morocco. How do you resolve this? You:
Decide to go to Morocco, whether your partner is in agreement or not
Discuss it, each of you describing what you’d like to do
Decide that Iceland’s a great idea after all
Debate it at length trying to put your point of view across
4. What is tolerance?
It is the ability to listen
An open door
It is holding out your hand to others
It is taking a firm line
5. It’s one in the morning and a noisy party is still going on next door. You:
Go and join them
Keep quiet about it for the sake of peace
Go and remind them what time it is
Circulate a petition to the whole block of flats to get the noisy neighbours evicted
6. You’re on the phone to a friend and it’s clear they are feeling depressed for no particular reason. You:
Go over with a comedy to watch
Offer to go over for a chat
Take them to a party to cheer them up
Say you feel sorry for them but offer to ring back for a chat about it another time
7. You’re abroad and a local family invites you to share their meal – it’s on a communal plate and you all use your fingers. You:
Have a little bit to eat just to make them happy
Are glad that you don’t have to eat like that every day
Hope they’ve all washed their hands before eating
Are pleased to be participating in a local way of life
8. One of your friends is pregnant but continues to have the odd cigarette. You:
Don’t want to upset her so you steer clear of the subject
Find her behaviour so unacceptable that you don’t feel you can see her anymore
Put together some information for her on the dangers for the foetus of smoking during pregnancy
Suggest trying relaxation techniques instead
9. Of the following, what is the most important thing in life?
Respect
Knowing when to trust people
Knowing how to be conciliatory
Having a strong character

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