There was reasonable success at tidying G’s room, but I am wondering if a sticker chart system might be the answer. G seems to respond well to praise and if there was something like a chocolate bar awarded for sustained room tidiness then this could be the solution. Or possibly a flame thrower. G’s landlady may be more keen on one solution that the other though.
Yesterday we went to my parents’ house for dinner. My father was as odd as ever, but was trying to make conversation with G. My mum and I were sorting some stuff out and dad turned to G and said “So, I can’t remember if I have asked you this before, but are your parents still alive?”. I guess I should appreciate that he was trying to make an effort, but I am not really sure he had quite thought through the possible fallout if the answer had been “no”. I think perhaps he needs to work on his small talk a bit more.
Progress was also made on War and Peace and I have less than 200 pages to go, so I am expecting to have it finished before the end of the week. Hopefully.
6 comments:
i think i would do well if i received a chocolate bar for keeping my room clean, you should try it out on G and see what happens. lol
no subject - I do think G would respond well to this, but it would probably bankrupt me to get G to keep it up!
I wish the people around me realised that I respond very well to praise!!!
kahless - I shall have to see what I can do about this! G certainly responds very well to praise and it is an ideal way for me to get things done!
I seem to be doing my blog reading in spurts. And I just got to this one. I laughed out loud at the small talk. :) It kindof sounds like my dad.
titration - good to have you drop by. I think dad's need to learn some new lines...
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