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To: Rick Julian who wrote (32890)	3/19/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

No, actually, studies show that people who litter were either (1) punished brutally by their mothers for littering every time they messed up when they were young and, when they grew up and found they were not punished (or could beat their spouse for complaining) renewed the habit; or (2) bribed by their mothers to pick up their toys and clothes and found when they left home that no one bribed them so renewed the habit. Further studies show that the best way to prevent children from littering is to train them by operant conditioning to pick up their junk (i.e. reward them randomly when they do) and ignore them when they don't. When the nursery gets too full to move around in, move them into another nursery. This requires a big enough house to allow the necessary moves before the child leaves to annoy someone else. As to people who aren't punctual, just leave when they miss an appointment. I used this throughout my youth, and got rid of six best friends and 14 girl dates (7 or whom (50%) were exceptionally pretty and four of whom were reputedly very easy) none of whom ever bothered me again after I walked out on them.