So its survival. For those of us who have been in life threatening situations we realize not everyone is a smooth criminal. Some people suffer from panic disorders, mental disorders or just plain scared stiff!
What do you do when your life depends on a survival party, and some members are getting you backed up rather than supporting back up? Is it like survivor? vote to kick em off the island? or is it marshal law, if you dont pull your weight, your dead weight! If you arent helping your hindering...how do you handle the dead weights?
Everyone has a bug out bag assigned to them and everyone had a job, regardless of age.
If they refuse to work, you just escort them to the gate, and say, "Sorry Pal, you knew the rules." They get their bug out bag and whatever you can spare to send them on their way.
Where their bug out bag used to hang you put a sign: "NEXT"
I think most people will own up to what they are responsible for. But you do have to take a hard line. Also, smaller groups are better than larger groups. You can always have tribal meetings, etc to help protect each other, etc. but anything over 10 is too big.
Permalink Reply by Fr. Z on November 19, 2010 at 12:50pm
use them to carry stuff and as zombie fodder in order to make your escape. People who survive not by skill but by luck need to realize that luck won't carry them forever. There is no reason no to have something useful to contribute unless your a pizza munching couch potato who works a dead end job (which too much of America is) We wouldn't have to kill them off, nature will take care of the weak in times of severe crisis.