Crazed By Vacancies!

[freman]

@furnishedowner post:1

I have a little ploy I use with my new foster kids. One of them will get up and dump an entire glass of orange juice down the drain, or throw their whole meal into the trash. Then I will get up, go over to the trash can and throw in a dollar bill. This ALWAYS gets their attention.

“WHOOA”, they say, “What are you doing? Throwing away money? Are you crazy? Why did you do that?”

“Well, you just did it, too,” I say, fishing the dollar bill out of the muck and wiping it off (I’m really NOT crazy). “You just dumped a whole dollar’s worth of orange juice right down the drain. So I can do it too, right?”

This leads into a nice little talk about how everything costs money and we gotta save, or we ARE just throwing dollar bills in the trash. This is often a new concept for kids who have lived in the moment always.

Furnishedowner

Sorry for going OT…but…that’s just brilliant! I’m sure I’ll have the opportunity to employ this approach by the end of the day. I can hardly wait.

[furnishedowner]

javipa,

NOW YOU’VE DONE IT! Totally insulted THIS Danish-American!

Personally, I only discriminate against FWG’s (fat white guys). So there. Don’t you try to rent from me.

Furnishedowner

[javipa]

@furnishedowner post:22

javipa,

NOW YOU’VE DONE IT! Totally insulted THIS Danish-American!

Personally, I only discriminate against FWG’s (fat white guys). So there. Don’t you try to rent from me.

Furnishedowner

Ha! Well, at least you have standards…! :beer