San Francisco National Stuttering Project Chapter Meeting Activity

Designed by Angus Croll

The following scenarios can be used for a chapter meeting. Run off the suggestions below and cut them into separate pieces for each role. NSA members draw scenarios and role play the situation. For example: in scenario number one, one person will act out the part of the customer and the other will act out the part of the clerk.


(1) A customer returns an item to a store for a refund. There appears to be nothing wrong with the item and an argument develops.

You are: The Customer

(1) A customer returns an item to a store for a refund. There appears to be nothing wrong with the item and an argument develops.

You are: The Clerk

 

(2) A tourist checks into a hotel. He/She has a letter with his/her reservation, but the desk clerk cannot find the reservation in their records.

You are: The tourist

(2) A tourist checks into a hotel. He/She has a letter with his/her reservation, but the desk clerk cannot find the reservation in their records.

You are: The desk clerk

 

(3) A resident in a lower apartment knocks on the door of the upper apartment to complain about the noise. The person in the upper apartment thinks they are being victimized

You are: The resident in the lower apartment

(3) A resident in a lower apartment knocks on the door of the upper apartment to complain about the noise. The person in the upper apartment thinks they are being victimized

You are: The resident in the upper apartment

 

(4) A parking officer is arranging for an illegally parked car to be towed away. As they are calling the tow company the owner of the car returns and tries to get the ticket voided.

You are: The parking officer

(4) A parking officer is arranging for an illegally parked car to be towed away. As they are calling the tow company the owner of the car returns and tries to get the ticket voided

You are: The car owner

 

(5) In a restaurant: A diner has returned a partially eaten dish because it was substandard. When the check comes the diner has been charged for that dish. The diner complains to the waiter

You are: The diner

(5) In a restaurant: A diner has returned a partially eaten dish because it was substandard. When the check comes the diner has been charged for that dish. The diner complains to the waiter

You are: The waiter

 

(6) Somebody has given a passer-by their dog to hold onto while they pop into a store. The dog owner returns from the store to find the dog has got away and has run off down the street. Arguments / excuses follow.

You are: The dog owner

(6) Somebody has given a passer-by their dog to hold onto while they popup into a store. The dog owner returns from the store to find the dog has got away and has run off down the street. Arguments / excuses follow

You are: The one who let the dog get away


Submitted by Nora O'Connor