This did it for me.
// This script needs to set answer to 'yes' or 'no' to indicate the state of the activity.
answer = ifScript();
function ifScript() {var myUserSys_id = current.variable_pool.requested_for.sys_id; var myUserObj = user.getUserByID...
What if there are multiple values inside the column? Like a metadata kind of thing, lol,fun,times the attribute looking in this field only shows the first word (lol) but the result comes up empty when entering fun or times.