17 Weird Questions for Copley Staff
By Anita Davis
1. Walk me through the weirdest experience you ever had.
1. Walk me through the weirdest experience you ever had.
Lee Malcolm: In 2010 I became an ordained minister because my sister wanted me to officiate her wedding. So, yeah, that was very surreal...performing a wedding ceremony. They're divorced now.
Kim Carothers: Finding out that I was pregnant (eight years after my first son was born) after being told I couldn't have more children - the same week the company my husband worked for told him they were permanently closing. Scary, weird, wonderful.
Mary Miller: Taking my high school AAU team I was coaching through Helltown (at night!) with the creepy bridge and old white church up on the hill.
Jen Soltis: I had a new washing machine delivered on January 3rd and when I turned it on it became possessed. It shook my house so badly that food fell out of my pantry that is on the second floor. And the washer walked across my basement floor causing me to panic. I then got a replacement washer and the same thing happened. I got a third washer, different brand, delivered and I was able to wash do 5 loads of laundry and then that washer decided to stop spinning. So I got washer number four and so far it has been working like a champ for a month.
2. Would you rather be immortal or know your cause of death...and why?
2. Would you rather be immortal or know your cause of death...and why?
Lee Malcolm: Hands down, immortality. If I know how I'm going to die, I'd stop doing anything that might end up leading to that scenario. What if I find out I die in a car crash? Then I'd never go anywhere ever again.
Kim Carothers: I'd rather know my cause of death because, while I'm not afraid of dying, I am afraid of pain and want to prepare myself.
Mary Miller: Know my cause of death. Immortal would be awful watching everyone you love die. :(
Jen Soltis: I do not want be immortal although I am not looking forward to death. But I also do not want to know the cause of my death because if I am supposed to die being attacked by a cat I might never want to be around animals.
3. What song can you absolutely not stand and why?
3. What song can you absolutely not stand and why?
Lee Malcolm: Anything by Adele. I'm just sick of her. Oh yeah, and "Baby Shark." That's explanation enough.
Kim Carothers: Anything with profanity that degrades/demeans women or anyone else. (WAP)
Mary Miller: Barbie Girl by Aqua - so weird and painful.
Jen Soltis: Conga by Gloria Estephan. Actually ANYTHING by Gloria Estephan and the Miami Sound Machine.
4. Would you rather change one thing in your past or know one thing about your future...and what would it be?
4. Would you rather change one thing in your past or know one thing about your future...and what would it be?
Lee Malcolm: I usually don't spend time with regrets, but I do regret ordering that pizza that gave me food poisoning last week.
Kim Carothers: Know about my future - will I ever be able to retire and still afford to live?
Mary Miller: My mom passing away when I was 24.
Jen Soltis: I would change my past. I would not have wasted three years with my high school boyfriend.
5. What would you do if you woke up to be the only person left in the world?
5. What would you do if you woke up to be the only person left in the world?
Lee Malcolm: I'd turn off my alarm and go back to bed.
Kim Carothers: Read and go on long walks.
Mary Miller: Go back to sleep!
Jen Soltis: Will there still be animals??? I would walk around and investigate everywhere!!!!
6. If you could find an instant cure for a disease right now, which illness would it be?
6. If you could find an instant cure for a disease right now, which illness would it be?
Lee Malcolm: Stupidity. It's an epidemic.
Kim Carothers: I'd like to find a cure for all forms of cancer (including ALS) but right now I'd like to find the answer for dementia and Alzheimer's.
Mary Miller: Breast cancer. No doubt.
Jen Soltis: Depression
7. What three things would you take on a deserted island?
7. What three things would you take on a deserted island?
Lee Malcolm: 1. The collected works of William Shakespeare. 2. An axe. 3. A boat.
Kim Carothers: My Bible, something to start fire, and a tarp
Mary Miller: bottled water, satellite phone, sour patch watermelons
Jen Soltis: Machete, 3 in1 Body Wash (soap, shampoo, conditioner (Costco pack)), Salt to fresh water Filter.
8. Which of your fellow coworkers do you think would be the greatest spy and why?
8. Which of your fellow coworkers do you think would be the greatest spy and why?
Lee Malcolm: Mrs. Soini, because she's tiny and could hide in small places.
Kim Carothers: Miss Telari - she has all the forensic knowledge!
Mary Miller: Mr. Boerema because he's a chameleon
Jen Soltis: Amy Davis - she is all knowing
9. What would you change right now if you were President of the United States?
9. What would you change right now if you were President of the United States?
Lee Malcolm: My underwear - because heck no - I don't want that job.
Kim Carothers: I would make all the politicians (myself, congress, senate, etc.) have to follow the same rules as everyone else. They (we) would have to buy their own insurance and would not get paid for life!
Mary Miller: Not sure.
Jen Soltis: Teacher's salary
10. What if the South won the Civil War?
10. What if the South won the Civil War?
Lee Malcolm: Then I probably wouldn't be teaching here, because my first job wouldn't have been in North Carolina, and I wouldn't have had the experience necessary to impress at my interview here.
Kim Carothers: YIKES! Things would be different.
Mary Miller: I don't even want to think about that. A lot more oppression and suffering.
Jen Soltis: I am not sure I would want to find out.
11. Do you think money can buy happiness? Why or why not?
11. Do you think money can buy happiness? Why or why not?
Lee Malcolm: "Money can't buy happiness" is something that only financially-comfortable people say from their temperature-controlled, brightly-lit, well-stocked kitchens. Try being poor and not knowing where your next meal is going to come from, and then ask yourself that question.
Kim Carothers: Absolutely not! I've had money and been bankrupt and was not any happier with lots of money. Having money lets you afford things but can create trouble between family members.
Mary Miller: Money is a necessary evil. You need it to live but shouldn't live to need/want it. Happiness comes from within.
Jen Soltis: What is money? I am a teacher. But seriously, No it doesn't buy happiness because I am happy and I am teacher and have no money. But I am also not saying that having my own yacht would make me unhappy.
12. If you could only wear one color for the rest of your life which would it be?
12. If you could only wear one color for the rest of your life which would it be?
Lee Malcolm: Black. Because it's of all seasons and of none.
Kim Carothers: Blue - there are so many shades and it is a happy color.
Mary Miller: Obviously black
Jen Soltis: Black
13. What is your go-to snack and drink you grab at the gas station?
13. What is your go-to snack and drink you grab at the gas station?
Lee Malcolm: Uhh...gasoline. And a fountain coke.
Kim Carothers: Fritos and diet Coke.
Mary Miller: Mountain dew and milky way dark
Jen Soltis: Haribo Gummy Bears and a fountain Dr Pepper
14. What is your greatest accomplishment?
14. What is your greatest accomplishment?
Lee Malcolm: Fathering two happy & healthy children.
Kim Carothers: Raising two wonderful young men who love God and are decent people with my amazing husband.
Mary Miller: My two best girls - Brooke and Blakely
Jen Soltis: Fostering and rehoming over 300 cats (not all at once).
15. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
15. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Lee Malcolm: I want a man bun.
Kim Carothers: I would like to be more patient. (Wouldn't mind being skinny again either!)
Mary Miller: Not stress or overthink so much!
Jen Soltis: That I could eat whatever I wanted and always be thin.
16. Would you rather have everlasting love or unlimited money and why?
16. Would you rather have everlasting love or unlimited money and why?
Lee Malcolm: "Everlasting love" implies that I've hoodwinked someone into not being able to think for themselves. If I want my wife to love me, I better work to earn it, not rely on some charm to brainwash her. So, MONEY. She'd have a hard time leaving me if I were infinitely rich.
Kim Carothers: LOVE - I've had love with and without money. Without money was more fun because we had to work together.
Mary Miller: Everlasting love. Imagine a love that has no bounds. Money can't buy that.
Jen Soltis: Love, because when you find true and forever love you are never alone. I am still looking.
17. If you are inside a bank that is being robbed would you try to be the hero or the obedient spectator?
17. If you are inside a bank that is being robbed would you try to be the hero or the obedient spectator?
Lee Malcolm: I prefer the ATM. Actually, I just prefer my debit card. But, to answer your question....How many robbers? Do I see a high-probability method of counteracting this local terrorism? How old am I? Do my hips still work? There are many instantaneous calculations that go on inside my head before I attempt to destroy villainy.
Kim Carothers: I'd probably pass out so I'd be neither. I would like to think I'd be a hero but... realistically...
Mary Miller: If my kids were there, I would fight like crazy. Either way, I would try to develop some strategy.
Jen Soltis: The hero because I am willing to sacrifice my life for others.
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