Emerson Annotation.

Rough sketch of annotation, not finished.

Three basic reactions to roommate troubles: managerial, complaint-making, and punitive.
Response in general: interactionally constituted when a troubled party takes some action to manage or change the troubling situation.

Limited use of exit because departure date is already set.

Roommate relationships are usually non-hierarchical. Sense of obligation to "get along"

1. Managerial: unilateral, carried out by troubled party, seek either to change conditions giving rise to trouble or develop way of living with or around trouble.

2. Complaint-making: bilateral, troubled party proposed that the other undertake some action to rememdy problem, contingent on the troubling party's response.

3. PUNITIVE--after concern for "getting along" is abandoned, troubled party seeks to distance or punish troubling party, either directly expressed alienation and hostility and usually returned similar attitude/response.

These three response are "ideal types"

Three different kinds of managerial responses: self-directed changes, efforts to manage the consequences of the discontent-producing situation, and unilateral rememdial efforts to prevent the trouble from recurring. "Preventitive measures" Short term withdrawal, changing habits.

Why don't they work? They may be invisible or low visibility to troubling party. When are they used? Usually in the beginning. Also when confrontation or direct complaints failed to produce change in troubling part's behavior. Later in the game, these managerial responses are more visible as signs of discontent.

Complaint making. Can take form of sarcastic comments, a request, proposal, or demand. Seeking to prevent troubling behavior in the future, either by setting a precedent or making demands clear. Success or failure depends on the response of troubling party. Successful outcomes are NOT guaranteed. Complex response cycles. Modulated accusations: "presenting discontents cautiously and politely and framing requests for change mildly in ways that minimized direct accusation of blame and wrongdoing." Anticipation that out-and-out accusation would lead to confrontation. Troublemaker must be eased, convinced, persuaded. Must be properly framed--not as an expression of misery, etc. but as a "heart-to-heart appeal to save their relationship." (502) Therapeutic--"neutral, therapy-like terms."

Punitive. Systematic exclusion, avoidance. "situational withdrawal and other managerial responses were generally isolated to one specific trouble area, leaving the overall relationship with the other more or less intact, systematic avoidance involved persistent tension and CONTROLLED RESENTMENT pervading all aspects of the relationship. Abandon efforts to remedy the trouble. Not simply to harm but also to deter. (Needles in mattress)