How do you incentivize someone that doesn't believe in those things? I've tried everything from the "act really clean and tidy yourself and maybe that will make them feel guilty" method to the- "Hey (insert name) it would be nice for you to pick up your trail of crumbs everywhere you go" strategy. Some people are just not incentivized like me but we have to do the dishes at some point.
Mind manipulation is a tedious and ofttimes unnecessary business to be involved with. However, when my stroll to the bathroom is interrupted with the unpleasant pile of last nights dinner, manipulation becomes a high priority activity in the house.
I sometimes make intentional messes in places that my roommate will see and (hopefully) be annoyed by and it works-to the point of him being annoyed. Then the worst happens- he retaliates by doing the same thing back!!
This madness never ends...
Ideas are welcomed and always enjoyed.
Thomas
Learning to live with another person's idiosyncrasies is always hard. I sometimes try actively to figure out what I must do that annoys the other person, just to take my mind off the ways they annoy me.
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