Have you ever pretended to be bad at a chore to get out of doing it?

[Phantomshadow77]

Studies show that between 53%-67% (depending on the survey) people purposefully do a task wrong to get out of doing it.

Yes

No

[abc3643]

There's a whole Everybody Loves Raymond episode about this.
Robert takes Frank and Ray's advice and screws up his and Amy's wedding invitations so she will take over. Unfortunately, his screwed-up wedding invitations went out.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFk-lYER8-L/?hl=en

[abc3643]

This comes from the IMDB entry for this episode.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0574254/

Trivia
In psychology, Ray's strategy is called weaponized incompetence.

[DrPepper12]

I'll tell you. Either I won't do it or shouldn't do it. You've been warned. Commence regret.

Example #51,940,783 Asking me to paint

[jazzy34]

Not in my house, lol. If I was bad at something, I was taught to do it better.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

I have done weaponized incompetence before, but it doesn’t always work.

[Phantomshadow77]

Why did you use it

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

A poor attempt by child me to punish my parents during my punishment

[Chazmatazz269]

Never, that is both lazy and deceitful. Two of my least favorite things.

[Anonymous]

I still remember working with people who would do this at my first job as a teenager. Pissed me off so I wouldn't do that to someone else.

[dustybiker2]

Just get on with it. You have a life to live.

[FunkyMonkee]

Maybe, when I was a kid.

[Wise4myage]

Yes, I've done that a few times, lol.

[Phantomshadow77]

How is that funny?

[Wise4myage]

Because I gotta away with it.

[Phantomshadow77]

Your wife is overwhelmed and needs your support and contributions. It’s not funny to pile all the responsibilities on your wife because you didn’t feel like being a responsible adult. The fact you think it’s funny to treat your wife this way shows a lot about your character.

[RHK36]

Nah I'm not a woman

[Phantomshadow77]

What does that mean