Challenge 1: Offer to help with birthday party preparations and find out what needs to be done
Difficulty: Easy
Setting: A home where someone is planning a surprise birthday celebration
Your Role: family member helping with party preparations
Speaking with: party organizer
Your task: Offer to help with birthday party preparations and find out what needs to be done
Information to Discover:
1. What special dish is being prepared?
2. What time are the ingredients needed?
3. What else is being prepared besides the main dish?
Challenge 2: Arrive with supplies and help with food preparation while managing a time constraint
Difficulty: Medium
Setting: A kitchen during party preparations with limited time
Your Role: helper arriving with party supplies
Speaking with: host managing multiple tasks
Your task: Arrive with supplies and help with food preparation while managing a time constraint
Information to Discover:
1. How should the vegetables be prepared?
2. How much time is left before the guest of honor arrives?
3. What complication affects the original dinner plan?
Challenge 3: Apologize for disrupting the birthday plans and find out the new arrangement
Difficulty: Hard
Setting: After returning from the hospital following a kitchen accident
Your Role: person who had an accident during preparations
Speaking with: friend who had to change plans
Your task: Apologize for disrupting the birthday plans and find out the new arrangement
Information to Discover:
1. What is the new plan for celebrating the birthday?
2. How does the organizer feel about what happened?
3. How long will recovery take?