I suggest you pay me $50 for each week you don’t get and hold a job. Else, avoid paying me by getting one, and save yourself 6mo x 4wk/mo x $50 -$100 = $400! Wooo! What a deal for us both, eh?
That’s an amusing idea, but disincentives don’t work well, and paying money is too Far a disincentive to work (now, if you followed me around and punched me, that might do the trick).
This reminds me of the joke about a beggar who asks Rothschild for money. Rothschild thinks and says “A janitor is retiring next week, you can have their job and I’ll double the pay.”, and the beggar replies “Don’t bother, I have a cousin who can do it for the original wage, just give me the difference!”
I suggest you pay me $50 for each week you don’t get and hold a job. Else, avoid paying me by getting one, and save yourself 6mo x 4wk/mo x $50 -$100 = $400! Wooo! What a deal for us both, eh?
That’s an amusing idea, but disincentives don’t work well, and paying money is too Far a disincentive to work (now, if you followed me around and punched me, that might do the trick).
This reminds me of the joke about a beggar who asks Rothschild for money. Rothschild thinks and says “A janitor is retiring next week, you can have their job and I’ll double the pay.”, and the beggar replies “Don’t bother, I have a cousin who can do it for the original wage, just give me the difference!”