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It is recommended you watch the video lecture above before watching the chapter lectures and submissions to the Discussion forum by other students. (We want to get your initial gut reaction).Students, please post your rankings of the “most offensive” (ranked as 1) and the “least offensive” (ranked as 5) characters in the Alligator River Story in the assigned discussion forum. Please write a justification for your rankings in your post. We ask that you submit your rankings as a grid or table with the names of the five individuals in the story: Bill, Cindy, Sinbad, Ivana, Slug across the top and the ranking, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 along the left side of the grid or table. We need this to help other students quickly assess your rankings and for the Academic Coach to tabulate them for the entire class.State why you rated the five persons to be “most” and “least” offensive in the story.Read others’ submissions and respond to at least two of your classmate’s postings. Note: there is no “right” or “wrong” ranking of the five characters so just rank the individuals based on your own values and explain why you ranked them as you haveYour initial post needs to be at least 250 words with only one submission. FIU | The Alligator River Story
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MAN6245 Organizational Behavior
Alligator River Story Narrative
The story I am about to tell is fictitious. Any similarity to anyone living or dead (especially anyone in this class)
is strictly coincidental.
This is a story about five people who live in a town called “Alligator River.”
Bill lives on the west side of the river and is engaged to marry Cindy who lives on the other side of the the
river. There are alligators in the river, many of them, and one definitely does not want to swim across the
river.
There is also another woman who lives on Cindy’s side of the river. Her name is Ivana. She is Cindy’s good
friend.
There is another gentleman who has a barge that he uses to transport cars and people across the river. His
name is Sinbad.
Sinbad, Bill, Cindy and Ivana have known one another for many years. They are neighbors.
There is one other person who neither Bill, Cindy, Ivana or Sinbad have ever seen, and he has not seen them
yet. His name is Slug. Slug recently moved into the abandoned house in Bill’s side of the river.
The story now unfolds:
It is Wednesday evening and Bill calls Cindy up on her phone and lets her know that he is excited because he
went hunting that day and shot two beautiful Pheasant.
“Cindy, I have a great bottle of Chardonay in the fridge, some wild rice, and the pheasant. Can you come over
on Saturday eve and I will prepare a wonderful feast for you?” Bill asked.
“Bill, honey, I will be there!” replied Cindy.
Then it started to rain. And it rained harder and harder and by Friday evening the bridge that they all used to
cross the river had washed out. It was gone!
On Saturday around noon, Cindy, with much excitement, started off to see Bill to keep the date they had
arranged. When she got to the bridge, she found the bridge was gone. GONE!!
The rushing water had undermined the footings of the bridge and it was destroyed during the night.
“What can I do”? Cindy asked herself, so bewildered. “Bill is expecting me. I hope he is all right”
She went to get Sinbad to see if he would take her over to see Bill.
Sinbad had everything in control. His barge was secured at his dock and all was well with him.
“Sinbad, Sinbad,” Cindy yelled. “Sinbad, I have a very important date with Bill. The bridge is gone! I can’t get
over the river!” she screamed so excitedly. “Can you take me across the river on your barge and get me to
Bill’s house today?” she asked between breaths.
©2012 Florida International University adapted by G. Ron Gilbert from https://wwwp.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/
Instructor-Handbook/The-Alligator-River-Story.pdf
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“Cindy,” said Sinbad, “Of course I can and will, but for a price….” “We have not been together for some time,
and I would like to make a deal with you…”
“What?” yelled Cindy. “If you want me to do what I think you want me to do, I WILL NOT DO THAT, and how
dare you to ask me!” she responded. And then she ran off overwhelmed; angry and confused.
Her next stop was at Ivana’s home. She was trying to control her crying as she knocked repeatedly at Ivana’s
front door.
“Yes” said Ivana as she opened the door. Cindy could not help but blurt out her predicament and told her that
the bridge was out, she had promised Bill she would be there today, Bill was waiting, and then she told her
what Sinbad wanted her to do before he would take her across the river.
“Cindy, you got yourself a problem and I do not want to be involved,” replied Ivana and she shut the door on
Cindy, leaving her out in the cold. It was as if life itself had left Cindy.
Cindy was totally dumfounded.
She started to run to her house to hide, and then she kept thinking about Bill, what he means to her and the
commitment she made to him to be there today as promised. She then made her choice.
“Sinbad, take me across the river, I must be with Bill,” said Cindy.
“Cindy,” Sinbad replied, “I will take you across the river as promised, but you need to be sure you want to
meet the obligations that I set forth. Do you understand what you must do before I take you across the river?”
“Yes, I do,” replied Cindy firmly and with purpose.
“Then let’s go!” said Sinbad.
Sinbad and Cindy departed on his barge, they both completed their contracts on the ship and Sinbad delivered
Cindy safely to Bill as promised.
Once in Bill’s home, Cindy felt so much relief. She could smell the pheasant cooking and the gentle aroma of
the rice. “Bill, you won’t believe what happened. The Bridge is has washed away. I had to get ask Sinbad to
take me across the river and ….”
Of course Bill did not believe her and chuckled, “Cindy, I know you would not do this. You are telling me a
huge story, let me open a bottle of wine to share together.”
“No Bill, it really happened” and then Cindy told him everything in detail from ship to shore.
“WHAT!!!??” yelled Bill. You did that with Sinbad to get here for a pheasant dinner?”
“How could you do that to me?!” he yelled. “Look Cindy, I never want to see you again. Keep the ring, but the
engagement is off forever and please leave my house right now!” he yelled.
She then found herself alone, by herself on Bill’s side of the river, and Sinbad was long gone.
Off in the distance she saw the old house that she had heard was now occupied by Mr. Slug.
He was her only hope.
Still in tears, she knocked at Slug’s door.
©2012 Florida International University adapted by G. Ron Gilbert from https://
wwwp.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/Instructor-Handbook/The-AlligatorRiver-Story.pdf
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The gigantic man with a huge neck, scarred face and head like an NFL linebacker, came to the door.
“Mr. Slug, Mr. Slug, my name is Cindy and let me tell you what has just happened” she blurted out.
Cindy has hardly recapped one third of her story when Slug had heard And seen enough. Slug went to his
closet and pulled out a leaded baton. He raced past Cindy ran up the river bank and broke down Bill’s door.
He rummaged through the house and then found Bill lying on his couch, sobbing.
Slug picked him up, and pounded him with the baton until Bill was unconscious.
Now this ends the story. Your job is to rank order the characters in the story from 1: Most offensive to 5: Least
offensive.
Please use the grid below to list your ranking.
Be prepared to explain why you ranked them the way you did.
©2012 Florida International University adapted by G. Ron Gilbert from https://wwwp.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/
Instructor-Handbook/The-Alligator-River-Story.pdf
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Rank These Five Characters
In Terms Of Their Being Offensive To You
Example: 1=Bill; 2=Sinbad; 3=Ivana; 4=Cindy; 5=Slug
(there is no right or wrong answer—this is not a test)
©2012 Florida International University adapted by G. Ron Gilbert from https://wwwp.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/
Instructor-Handbook/The-Alligator-River-Story.pdf
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