Comment Re:charge 'em (Score 1) 466
Yep, just finished reading it. The idea is that the morality of feeling bad about being late was wiped away by the small fee. The parents were paying approx $360/mo USD for care so an extra $60 a month to be as late as they needed to be wasn't such a big deal.
Once the trial was over they stopped charging a late fee but the parents continued to be habitually late. I say $20 per incident would have set them straight.
It was all about the incentives, be them moral or monetary, which one was less expensive to the parents in this case? $3 a shot. I have learned something about people by reading that book.. it is really about incentives. To cheat, to be late, to achieve.. it's all about incentives.
Once the trial was over they stopped charging a late fee but the parents continued to be habitually late. I say $20 per incident would have set them straight.
It was all about the incentives, be them moral or monetary, which one was less expensive to the parents in this case? $3 a shot. I have learned something about people by reading that book.. it is really about incentives. To cheat, to be late, to achieve.. it's all about incentives.
