five thousand shades of blue
Friday, June 29, 2001
The desire to be accommodating, to do unto others as I would have others do unto me, is currently warring with a deep annoyance at people who don't seem to learn that major plans cannot be changed to fit in their last minute decisions. I hate having to tell people No and make them learn the hard way that lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part. A little voice in my head pipes up and says, "Wouldn't you want someone to make an exception for you if you were in these circumstances?" And yes, I would, but there are several differences seperating any situation I would be facing, and this one. The person in question here is a minor, which adds a whole other level of planning and difficulty for this weekend, not to mention the entire concept of negative reinforcement (i.e. letting him leave it to the last minute, having everyone fall over themselves to make it happen -- and he's going to want to change this behaviour
why?).
Argh. I really didn't need this stress this morning.
is
this just not enough…?
