Person 1 walks up to person 2 on the street. Person 1 carries a pen and a notepad.
1 (offering pen to 2): Sign here, please.
2 (accepting pen): Alright... um, what's this about?
1 (confused): Excuse me?
2 (stopping in mid signature): Just, um, what am I signing?
1: Uh... I don't know, really. No-one has ever asked me that before.
2: Hmm. There are over a hundred signatures here, but other than that the only text on the page is 'PLEASE SIGN' in bold letters at the top. Are you sure you didn't have any brochures, nothing like that?
1: No.. I was simply told to ask people to sign this.
2: Who told you? Your employer?
1: I didn't think to ask who exactly it was.
2: And you really don't have a clue what this is all about?
1: Umm.. no. Not really. It might be a petition.
2: Yes, it does look like a petition.
1: Well then, could you please sign it?
2: But I'm really not sure if I support what this petition is about.
1 (hurt): Why not?
2: Well, I mean, not to put it down or anything, but it could be a petition in favour of us losing all our rights and being locked away in a damp metal cell several miles under the ground and having small larvae crawling around in our mouths and our insides and that chalkboard scratchy sound twenty-four hours a day and hot spikes driven into our flesh everytime we try and fall asleep and so on. I simply don't support that. (whispered faintly) Not anymore.
1: What was that?
2: Nothing, nothing just... just.. nothing. In any case, I'm afraid I cannot sign this petition or whatever of yours.
1: It's complacent people like you that keep society from making any progress. Everytime someone wants to make a change, you're always there saying 'oh no, what if THIS happens, or what if THAT happens'. You make me sick. Are you happy with the world today?
2 (after considering): Well...no, of course not. No-one is ever happy with the world.
1: Then sign here please.
2 (pause): Yeah, okay. (signs)
1: Thank you. (leaves)