Bribery, Would you use it? |
 Jun 20 2007, 11:14 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 71 Joined: 12:44am April 3, 2007 Location: Nelson, New Zealand   |
I coach a "friday sport" netball team at my school and all the girls are my age or a little younger. None of them like me much.
Do you think it is okay for me to buy them cookies every friday? -------------------- Courtney
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Jun 21 2007, 10:20 AM
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Leaky's Charlie Eppes Posts: 3,862 Joined: 7:36am April 28, 2007 Location: fighting off dementors so lupin will give me chocolate  |
of course, some of my friends became my friends because i bought them a cookie or i helped them with a math problem... you could find some of these might become your friends
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Jun 21 2007, 10:53 AM
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Ollivander's Phoenix Feather Plucker  Posts: 4,232 Joined: 9:37am January 29, 2005 Location: In Ammoro, where the hearts are pure, and filled with love |
of course you can. Bribery is not always bad, and in cases like these and it can be use to sort of break the ice, if you will. You are trying to show them that you can be a nice person, and doing through cookies instead of words or actions.
-------------------- of course it is happening inside your head Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
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Jun 21 2007, 12:33 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 73 Joined: 9:15pm June 19, 2007 |
see it is ok as long as you don't over use it. Like paying people with money now giving gifts not that bad.
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Jun 21 2007, 01:41 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 54 Joined: 5:06pm July 22, 2005 Location: In the common room, relaxing after my N.E.W.T.S |
i agree with LunaLovesee,
you can, just make sure that they aren't only your friends because of it. i mean, if they take advantage of you and your generosity, then you know it isnt going to work out. --------------------  And now, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure |
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Jun 21 2007, 01:43 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 73 Joined: 9:15pm June 19, 2007 |
why thank you. I did that with one of my friends and then when i ran out of stuff to gave them all of a sudden we weren't friends
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Jun 21 2007, 02:03 PM
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Ollivander's Phoenix Feather Plucker Posts: 4,232 Joined: 9:37am January 29, 2005 Location: In Ammoro, where the hearts are pure, and filled with love |
oh dear! thats horrible! i cant stand people like that. But i mean these are kids, i hope they dont take it that far. and courtney i hope you wouldnt let it get that far, let them know that your doing it to be nice, not to start a baddd habit.
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Jun 21 2007, 03:40 PM
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Shopping for a New Firebolt Posts: 834 Joined: 4:42pm May 10, 2007 Location: Lost in my books and in this imagination of mine |
QUOTE(courtney♥ @ Jun 20 2007, 09:14 PM) [snapback]1266592[/snapback] I coach a "friday sport" netball team at my school and all the girls are my age or a little younger. None of them like me much. Do you think it is okay for me to buy them cookies every friday? Personally I may do it one or twice a month but not every day because that may make them expect only that from you and their friendship would be limited to whether you have cookies or not. Those would not be real friendships. --------------------  YES! GIVE IT TO HIM, IT'S OBVIOUS HE DESERVES IT!! thanks to kendra.dumbledore for the wonderful avatar and siggy! |
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Jun 21 2007, 03:47 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 73 Joined: 9:15pm June 19, 2007 |
Make it on special occasions. Like birthdays, Christmas, Easter, etc
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Jun 21 2007, 04:24 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 91 Joined: 4:54pm March 19, 2007 |
its ohkay to, but i wouldnt buy them cookies.
unless they're cookie people. i'd take them out to dinner if they win or something.  no one likes our coach (she's in her 30's) but thats only becuase she's cruel and evil and the devil in disguise .maybe give them more breaks or something too. --------------------   |
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