ArgoGeorgia -> RE: Infractions leading to punishment (9/10/2007 12:01:50 PM)
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I'm reminded of a comic - can't remember who - that discussed how Pennsylvania used to post the amount of a speeding ticket. 10 miles over? $50. 15? $75. ETc. The punchline was him thinking "Eh - I can afford that." When I was much newer to the world of Domination I thought I was pretty swift and gave a sub a whole big laundry lists of tasks, obligations, chores, rules, protocols blah blah blah. And then I set up a strict hierarchy of punishments to deal with infractions of said list. OK, by nature I'm a project planner, so this was just how I normally operate. But wouldn't ya know, it backfired. She never did anything she was supposed to because 1) she was a masochist and 2) she knew how much she could handle, and my 'punishments' weren't anywhere close. Boy, was I stupid. Once I finally figured out the game, I just said "You know what is expected. If you don't meet expectations, we'll have to have a discussion." No planned out punishments, but she knew I was serious. Especially since I knew the things she really disliked (not hard limits, of course) and utilized those to my advantage. She straightened up very quickly (as did I). Lesson learned.
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