1. Sinbad - Sin and Bad, not a coincidence.
2. Gregory - Sexist puritan.
3. Elizabeth - Thanks mom.
4. John - Unnecessary violence.
5. Abigail - She might have done wrong things, but she was desperate, unlike the other 4 people.

Curtis @ 15/3/2018 10:32

This would be a p interesting study if genders were reversed. A father turning away his son (or maybe still daughter). A girl making a guy sleep with her to cross. A girl getting beat to shit by her friend all because she dumped her boyfriend, etc

I'm sure Abigail's genderswap wouldn't have half the votes for worst.

Ceding to unfair conditions is not exactly consensual either

I would love to live in a land where public structures are completed within a week.

Or even within a year.

Maybe Gregory should be the worst one because he didn't even try to go see Abigail instead.

Mercator @ 15/3/2018 16:19

It doesn't say anything about Sinbad only accepting sex as a payment, or there not being anyone else that could take her, it actually says A riverboat captain not THE. Is he bad for accepting alternative ways of payment or is he bad for not doing his work for free?

What if Elizabeth was another riverboat captain?
What if Gregory was another riverboat captain?

Curtis @ 15/3/2018 18:20

Lets swap things! Once upon a time there was a man named Gregory who was in love with a woman named Abigail. Abigail lived on the shore of a river. The river, which separated the two lovers, was teeming with woman-eating alligators. Gregory wanted to cross the river to be with Abigail . Unfortunately, the bridge had been washed out. So he went to ask Elizabeth, a riverboat captain, to take him across. She said she would be glad to if he would consent to sleep with her preceding the voyage. He promptly refused and went to his father Sinbad to explain his plight. Sinbad did not want to be involved in his son's situation at all in the situation and turned him away. Gregory felt his only alternative was to accept Elizabeth's terms. After he slept with her, Elizabeth fulfilled her promise to Gregory and delivered him into the arms of Abigail. When he told Abigail that he had to sleep with Elizabeth in order to cross the river and be with her, Abigail cast him aside with disdain. Heartsick and dejected, Gregory turned to Abigail's friend Jane with his tale of woe. Jane, feeling compassion for Gregory, sought out Abigail and beat her brutally. Gregory was overjoyed at the sight of Abigail getting her due. As the sun set on the horizon, Gregory laughed at Abigail as he and Jane ran off together to form a new relationship. ---------------------- Genders swapped. Read it again as a refresher and to see how things change. Does your order change at all? What feels more wrong or less wrong? DISCUSS

Try this in after 1 year when people won't remember their answers and discuss with less pretensions to treat everything the same.

Also, lol @ woman-eating alligators! Greg could swim safely then. :P