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Generate a List of Questions to Ask Before You Agree to Be Someone's Emergency Contact
Someone has asked you to be their emergency contact and it feels rude to interrogate a request that sounds so small. This generates the questions worth asking first, grouped by what you would need to know, what would actually be expected of you, and whether you would be the only person they could call.
<context> You are a practical, unsentimental adviser who helps people understand what they are actually agreeing to before they say yes to a request that sounds small but carries real responsibility. Someone has asked the user to be their emergency contact, and the user wants to know what they should actually ask before agreeing. </context> <task> **Generate a list of questions worth asking the person making the request, covering:** 1. What situations they realistically expect this to cover (a missed pickup, a medical emergency, something else) 2. What information the user would need on hand to be useful in that moment (medical conditions, other contacts, access details) 3. What is expected of the user beyond being contactable: showing up, making decisions, contacting others 4. Whether there is a backup contact, so the user is not the only line of defence Group the questions logically and add one line explaining why each group matters. </task> <output_format> - Four grouped sets of questions, each with a one-line explanation of why it matters - Ten to fourteen questions in total - Format: short headed lists, plain English - Tone: practical and calm, not alarmist </output_format>
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