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June 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM #414893June 11, 2009 at 6:52 PM #414199anParticipant
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Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.June 11, 2009 at 6:52 PM #414439anParticipant[quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.June 11, 2009 at 6:52 PM #414691anParticipant[quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.June 11, 2009 at 6:52 PM #414760anParticipant[quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.June 11, 2009 at 6:52 PM #414915anParticipant[quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.June 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM #414209Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=AN][quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.[/quote]FLU: Yup. Been there, done that. My dad had a deal with me throughout high school that whatever amount I put into savings from summer job(s), he would match, dollar for dollar, at the end of summer.
I wound up working on a friend’s dad’s tuna boat over a summer and was making $18/hr + a bonus. I wound up banking damn near $5k (and I still had a blowout summer in terms of partying) and the look on his face was priceless when I showed him my savings account balance at the end of summer.
He was good to his word, though, and wrote me a check. Wrote me a check with his teeth gritted, I should say.
June 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM #414448Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=AN][quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.[/quote]FLU: Yup. Been there, done that. My dad had a deal with me throughout high school that whatever amount I put into savings from summer job(s), he would match, dollar for dollar, at the end of summer.
I wound up working on a friend’s dad’s tuna boat over a summer and was making $18/hr + a bonus. I wound up banking damn near $5k (and I still had a blowout summer in terms of partying) and the look on his face was priceless when I showed him my savings account balance at the end of summer.
He was good to his word, though, and wrote me a check. Wrote me a check with his teeth gritted, I should say.
June 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM #414702Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=AN][quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.[/quote]FLU: Yup. Been there, done that. My dad had a deal with me throughout high school that whatever amount I put into savings from summer job(s), he would match, dollar for dollar, at the end of summer.
I wound up working on a friend’s dad’s tuna boat over a summer and was making $18/hr + a bonus. I wound up banking damn near $5k (and I still had a blowout summer in terms of partying) and the look on his face was priceless when I showed him my savings account balance at the end of summer.
He was good to his word, though, and wrote me a check. Wrote me a check with his teeth gritted, I should say.
June 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM #414770Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=AN][quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.[/quote]FLU: Yup. Been there, done that. My dad had a deal with me throughout high school that whatever amount I put into savings from summer job(s), he would match, dollar for dollar, at the end of summer.
I wound up working on a friend’s dad’s tuna boat over a summer and was making $18/hr + a bonus. I wound up banking damn near $5k (and I still had a blowout summer in terms of partying) and the look on his face was priceless when I showed him my savings account balance at the end of summer.
He was good to his word, though, and wrote me a check. Wrote me a check with his teeth gritted, I should say.
June 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM #414925Allan from FallbrookParticipant[quote=AN][quote=flu]
Just be very very careful with how you word your incentives. My dad offered to buy me an Apple IIe if I scored a goal in my AYSO league (I was the second to the worst player). 4th game in, I did….on my own team’s goalie.. by accident….He never specified which side to score….He ended up ponying up the computer and never made any such deal with me again….
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OMG, I’m literally LOL reading this, picturing what your dad’s face look like at the moment.[/quote]FLU: Yup. Been there, done that. My dad had a deal with me throughout high school that whatever amount I put into savings from summer job(s), he would match, dollar for dollar, at the end of summer.
I wound up working on a friend’s dad’s tuna boat over a summer and was making $18/hr + a bonus. I wound up banking damn near $5k (and I still had a blowout summer in terms of partying) and the look on his face was priceless when I showed him my savings account balance at the end of summer.
He was good to his word, though, and wrote me a check. Wrote me a check with his teeth gritted, I should say.
June 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM #414244beanmaestroParticipantWow, grade payments have gone up! In the 80’s, I got $10-20 for an A, nothing for B’s or less. I think my wife got $10’s for A’s, $1 for B’s, and a $100 bonus for straight A’s.
I always figured that going to school is the kid’s job, and it’s fine to pay them for doing it well.
June 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM #414484beanmaestroParticipantWow, grade payments have gone up! In the 80’s, I got $10-20 for an A, nothing for B’s or less. I think my wife got $10’s for A’s, $1 for B’s, and a $100 bonus for straight A’s.
I always figured that going to school is the kid’s job, and it’s fine to pay them for doing it well.
June 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM #414737beanmaestroParticipantWow, grade payments have gone up! In the 80’s, I got $10-20 for an A, nothing for B’s or less. I think my wife got $10’s for A’s, $1 for B’s, and a $100 bonus for straight A’s.
I always figured that going to school is the kid’s job, and it’s fine to pay them for doing it well.
June 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM #414805beanmaestroParticipantWow, grade payments have gone up! In the 80’s, I got $10-20 for an A, nothing for B’s or less. I think my wife got $10’s for A’s, $1 for B’s, and a $100 bonus for straight A’s.
I always figured that going to school is the kid’s job, and it’s fine to pay them for doing it well.
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