some of my tactics
Posted By: In same boat on 2008-03-24
In Reply to: Husband interferes with my work - Maria
Mine is also disabled, but mostly lazy/bored. One thing I've tried is I got him cordless headphones and insisted he wear them when watching TV while I'm working - or else I'll work on speaker and turn it up LOUD so I can hear to work and we can both be miserable. When he pushes me to the limit with his random interruptions - I'll take the headphones off and put it on speaker to remind him I'm actually working. I also do this when I have particularly horrid ESL dictations - this causes him to have more respect for how hard I have to work. When all else fails, I punch out and inform him I am definitely losing money for each moment I have to spend talking to him, and that he can expect a few less groceries this week since his drama can't wait until I'm not working.
RANT - Its disgusting that grown men have to be told over and over that you are WORKING and you need to make MONEY instead of play pattycake with them all day while you both go bankrupt. If a man wants to indulge in traditional role reversal they need to take on the traditional role of the non-bread-winner and make the effort to make the breadwinner's life EASIER and more PRODUCTIVE (such as making MY dinner). This concept is such a challenge to them and it should not be. Mine whines that he is my "slave" since he makes me a meal once a day and lays on his butt the rest of the time. My days off are spent cleaning up his messes and doing mutual chores such as laundry. He often threatens to leave because I'm so "demanding" and I tell him to go right ahead, there surely must be zillions of people dying to take him in and provide him a car, so he can lay on his butt, make messes, consume mass amount of food and contribute nothing to their household but grief.
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scare tactics?
Oh my gosh, scare tactic? Not at all. I just figure if MQ reads this board and they see there is gonna be a work-out/walk-out in October, they might think they need to do something too. I have had experiences with hospitals that I worked for trying to unionize and also have seen retaliation from the CEOs office.
Sounds like union tactics, dues and all.
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They also use tactics based on "sale points" which tease the customer
to the specific area (such as a microwave for $25.00) and then consider that if the customer took 10 additional steps, he would see the microwave he realloy would prefer (say a GE for $69.00) and since the customer is so thrilled with the dirt cheap price of the initial microwave, he purchases the GE microwave which is ACTUALLY PRICED HIGHER THAN OTHER STORES!!!!
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