The Amazing Dishwashing Boy
Here's an update of our new Master's Program.
Victor has been working on it for over a month and has earned 20 credits. He needs 30 to graduate. Every day that he washes the dishes and does a good job he earns a credit. The first week went great of course. He was highly motivated and there were no problems.
After that things went a little downhill. One day he didn't do such a good job scrubbing the sink out but I passed him off anyway. One day he didn't get started on them on his own so I had to remind him but I passed him off anyway. Then the dishes weren't getting very clean. One night it was 8:00 and the dishes still weren't put away. Things got worse and worse until I finally said, no more, and he wasn't earning any credits. There were tears.
He tried harder. He earned credits for a few days. Then he didn't. Then he was just mad at me. I re-explained the program. He didn't want to understand it. He wanted to be mad at me.
Then for some reason it finally sunk in and this morning he washed and dried and put away all the dishes before I even got out of bed. Apparently we're understanding each other again and he's back on the program.
Since we're making this up as we go along, Stranger and I have one question. Once he does become a Master Dishwasher what if he gets lazy and I have to start managing and monitoring him again? Does he get demoted? I'm not interested in keeping track of the days he does and doesn't deserve to get paid for washing dishes. In my mind it's all or nothing because the whole point of the program is for me to have one less thing to worry about. I guess we'll find out when we get there.
He's so lucky he gets to be the oldest and experimented on every day! He also has an idea for another master program; Master Van Cleaner. Sounds good to me!
Labels: Teach Your Kids to Work
posted by The Lazy Organizer @ 12:33 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
I think this is a great idea. I hope he makes it to Master dishwasher and doesn't let it get to his head. I would say that you monitor and maybe motivate a few times if he gets off track, but if he doesn't work then he doesn't get paid. Sometimes we don't do our jobs as well or we lose motivation, but we don't lose our titles and our knowledge. If it continues and your dishes are being done, he may have to learn a different job?
If it continues and your dishes *aren't* being done, he may have to learn a different job?
I was thinking, to answer your question, do a punch in and out. Kind of like what you do when you go to work. Only he should keep tabs on it and hand it to you at the end of the each week. Good idea of the Master dishwasher.
Like any new job maybe a "probation" period should be set with some guidelines. Like, if you slack of a certain matter of days then you will have to meet and re-evaluate his new position. There's no reason to not keep a goal in front of him to keep him motivated. That's what lots of companies do with their employees. If they don't reach their goals so many times they might have to get a new job. Just the thought I had. Hopefully you'll find something that works to keep him self motivated!
Hehehe! The poor oldest kids! ;)
I think this sounds great. Master Van Cleaner is just what we need around here!!
(ps - I was an oldest kid! haha)
This is a really great idea! It will take years to graduate at my home! When we become a master in one, we flunk in another area! Put together a degree for us :)
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