Alecta -> RE: what is it like to be a total slave? (10/17/2012 3:29:47 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Spiritedsub2 However, in 1 place in the 1600, I had missed one number (going from 43 to 45), and in one other place, I had repeated number 89. He wanted me to rewrite the sentences in those 2 days for those 2 errors (200 more sentences). In my view, I did excel at his task. Even Mensa allows for 2% less than perfection. What Roch said. Sometimes it is about humility and obedience, not perfection. Sometimes it is about attention to detail. Personally I see nothing wrong with what he did. You made mistakes, he picked them out and wanted you to correct them. I would have done the same, though I would have punished you slightly differently, ie, in some way that was more fun to me. The thing about exercises like these, to me anyway, is all about attention to detail. I once stood 2 hours in my kitchen waiting for a sub to put everything on the countertops back where it was before he'd cleared them for cleaning. He was told before he embarked on the task that everything should be in its place when he was done. I even suggested he took a picture, but no, he was confident it was a simple thing to do, and I spent 2 hours that could have been better spent on things much more fun, looming in the kitchen door waiting for him to be absolutely sure that he'd got it right because he refused to throw in the towel, and then of course, it wasn't. But the thing is, shoujld I have come into the kitchen the first time and pretend he go it right, that I didn't notice he'd put everything back wrong? Do I let it go? And if I do, where else more am I going to pretend I didn't notice and sweep it away? To me, it is a question of my integrity. Although I did learn not to give him a choice next time about whether to accept punishment or try again.
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