Teenager Jane has just come from an interview for an advertised job at dress shop, she, with experience at such work, wanting to save money for secretarial school. Miss Fleming, the proprietor conducting the interviews, implies that with half an hour left until the application deadline, Jane is most likely to get the job, she needing to telephone to confirm first thing in the morning. Shortly thereafter, Jane runs into her friend Maureen, who too is planning on applying for the job, her only connection to such work being that her mother is a valued customer. In Jane telling Maureen that she already applied for the job, should she say that Miss Fleming (almost) guaranteed her the job or should she say that Maureen is free to apply herself? Should Jane take into consideration Maureen not having the experience and that if she got the job that it would be based on nepotism, or that Maureen does not really need the job like Jane does?
—Huggo