Scenario 1
You notice a friend’s phone is blowing up with texts from their boyfriend/girlfriend. They look uncomfortable or upset by the texts. Their partner seems to be incessant about knowing where they are and who they’re with at all times.
Potential green dots:
-Check in with your friend and ask, “Is everything okay with you guys?”
-Text their partner and ask them to mellow out
-Distract your friend from their phone and talk to a res life staffer at a later time
-Talk to someone who knows their partner better than you and ask them to check in
-What would YOU do?
Scenario 2
You’re out with your friends and you notice one of them has gotten really drunk. There’s a guy that’s pushing her to drink more and more. He eventually asks her if she wants to go home with him.
Potential solutions:
-Tell your friend you need to use the bathroom and take her with you
-Talk to his friends and see if they can get him to back off
-Strike up a conversation with the guy giving your friend a chance to remove herself from the situation
-Trip and spill a drink on your friend and take her home to change her shirt
-What would YOU do?
Scenario 3
You’re walking back to your dorm and you see a couple that you don’t know very well arguing outside. It’s pretty heated and looks like it’s about to get physical.
Potential Solutions:
-Get a friend who knows the couple better to see if they’ll check in with them
-Pretend you lost your ID card and get one of them to let you in
-Walk up to the couple and ask if everything’s okay – suggest they should try to cool things off
-Call Pub Safe and ask for help
-What would YOU do?
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