[ WP ] To prevent only the dumbest people in the world from reproducing , everyone is implanted with a birth control device during puberty . It can only be deactivated once it 's been determined you are intelligent and stable enough to raise a well-adjusted human being by an `` Auditor '' . You 're an Auditor .

`` Twenty-six!'' An eager, optimistic young couple approaches my section of the long auditor desk and present their identical `` 26'' tickets. They're already smiling. I'm not optimistic. `` Hi, how are you all doing?'' I ask dryly. I do n't hear their response. The needle on my sensor already has dipped below the yellow cautionary section. 
 
 My initial grimace deflates them completely. `` What's wrong?!'' She inquires. I shake my head no. 
 
 `` I'm sorry.'' This is the part of the job where I'm trained to be empathetic, yet firm. `` It looks like collectively, you all are not qualified....'' I let that hang for a moment. `` In 120 days, you can return and try again.'' 
 
 `` Try again??'' the man asks. `` What exactly can we'try' to do?'' 
 
 `` Study?'' I reply. 
 
 `` What do we'study'?'' he asks, again stressing a key word I had spoke. 
 
 `` Oh, general knowledge. You know, we're not looking for people to know why Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo. Just basic stuff. How to quickly locate your car in a parking lot. Not eating moldy bread and just eating around the moldy part. An ability to effectively plan for the weather. Those sorts of things.'' 
 
 Neither of them spoke. Then she spoke. `` You said COLLECTIVELY, did n't you? What does that mean?'' 
 
 `` Well, I can look at each of your IAC's, Intelligence Assessment Chips, separately. I just would n't recommend it.'' 
 
 `` Why not?'' he asked. 
 
 This was the part of my job where I was trained to not explain the actual reason, since it could be insinuative. Instead, I personally choose to just delve right into it when they inquire about individual aptitudes. I clicked a few buttons for show, but my screen was already displaying the reason I had chosen to use the word `` collectively''. 
 
 `` Unfortunately, sir, your score did not make the cutoff for us to make am allowance for child.'' 
 
 `` AND HERS DID?!'' 
 
 `` Barely, but ye-'' 
 
 `` WHAT DO YOU MEAN,'AND MINE DID'?!'' 
 
 I zoned out for the rest of the argument, which led to Chuck, our security officer, escorting them out of the building and handing them a flyer for relationship counseling/tutoring. 
 
 `` THIRTY-THREE!!'' I yelled louder than normal because there was another couple arguing a few stations down from mine. It was almost time for my lunch.
