General Discussion & Chat: Job dilemma. Care to offer advice?, 1 by Katye

Katye wrote:
LOL - the last 150.....!!!

well, let's see: person walks by fenced yard with dog. Dog barks "mean", person looks at dog warily and speeds up the pace. Dog thinks: barking works!
Dog repeats behavior/gets reputation as mean dog/people avoid walking by that yard = reinforcement of behavior.

Whatever she has resorted to in the past has been successful and seems pretty ingrained.
How sad that she does not realize that the end result is self-sabotage (work-load due to no other help) & misery (she can't possibly be happy with herself).

Wuvie, you might be the catalyst for change in her life. Too bad you can't charge the company for that!!!

so...one day at a time!
for you all: just a couple more months until we can play in the garden...I can hardly wait!