re: What's the most pressure filled situation that you have ever been in?

I’ll answer this one for my dad. About 15 years ago, my family was on a cruise and one of the stops was Tunis, Tunisia. The finale of our Tunis excursion was that they brought you to a local shop and you had the chance to buy some souvenirs. My grandfather bought something and the guy behind him in line got like $300 worth of stuff. Well the store accidentally put my grandpa’s stuff with the $300 order and charged it all to my grandpa’s credit card. The store says they can’t run the charge back but if they follow these two guys, the guys will bring them to a “store center” where they could sort it out.

My grandfather, being a WWII vet in his 80s at the time, starts following the guys without missing a beat and my dad then quickly runs after to join so that my grandfather isn’t going into who knows what alone. Mind you, this is my dad’s father in law, so there’s probably a little more hesitation to speak up about bailing on this idea.

My dad said that they were led into this little hideaway room off the street and this guy came down with an envelope full of cash: USD, Euros, you name it. Gives them originally like $80. My dad says they need more. I think they get another $80 or so. The guy says “Go up the stairs and you’ll get the rest of the money.” My dad thinks that’s enough adventure for the day and they bolt out of there and back to the tour bus.