BrilliantEditor came home from a meeting that had been cancelled. While those kinds of meetings are frustrating, they also take a lot less time. Hooray for cancellations!
While he was there, he talked to PunkinPete. Pete was busy calling Florida people to remind them to vote for John Kerry. One person he called said, "I've already been called about this nineteen times. Would you people stop calling?"
I'm not sure if this persistence will make people vote. I think it might. It's the child version of persuasion. It goes like this:
Can I have that?
No.
I want that.
No.
I really want that.
No.
My friend has it.
I said no.
But I really really need to have it.
No.
Please?
No.
You just don't understand. I'll look so stupid without it.
Sorry. No.
...three hours later...
So can I have it?
I said no three hours ago and I still say no.
But I've been really good. I've worked really hard. You even said so, didn't you?
Yes.
And I'm still working hard and I'll still work hard after I get it.
Groan.
It's good to have rewards, right? I really want it. Really really really want it.
...thirty minutes later...
Okay. You can have it. On the following conditions...
And, as you see, in some households, when the little beggar is quite persuasive (BellyRub was the poster child for this. I hate him for being so good at it and figuring it out so early. Jerk.), the naysayer sighs and says yes.
I takes more energy to be contrary. Those experts, like BellyRub, who can mewl and plead and tear up just a little bit, well, they're working it. Oooh yes. And then they grow up, and they still work it.
Oooh yes.
Posted by dotty at October 31, 2004 07:13 PM