VIOLLATION REPORT #156-W Classification: Differential Standards Enforcement Decree Violated: 27 (Prohibition of Asymmetric Accountability)
Summary of Events:
He: "The kids' room is a disaster. There's stuff all over the floor. They need to learn responsibility."
Observable conditions in shared bedroom, his side:
- Shoes: 7 pairs, floor placement
- Clothing piles: 3 distinct formations
- Books: scattered, no shelf
- Pocket contents: drywall nails (loose)
- Clean laundry: remains in basket until she folds and puts away OR gets rewashed because distinction between clean/dirty no longer exists
- His dresser: inaccessible due to clothing pile blockage
Recent incident: Nails discovered in dryer, causing mechanical damage.
His response: "You should have checked the pockets."
Analysis:
He enforced organization standards on children while maintaining permanent exemption for himself. He identified mess created by others. He did not identify identical mess created by himself. He transferred pocket-checking responsibility to her despite being capable of emptying own pockets. He blamed her for damage caused by his nails in his pants that he left for her to wash.
Breakdown:
- Children's floor mess: unacceptable, requires correction and lecture on responsibility
- His floor mess: permanent fixture, no comment
- Children's items: 4 visible toys
- His items: 7 pairs shoes + 3 clothing piles + multiple books + construction debris
- He maintains authority to critique others' organization
- He maintains exemption from same standards
- Laundry she did not wear: his
- Pockets she does not own: his
- Responsibility for checking said pockets: somehow hers
- Dryer damage: approximately $300 repair
- His contribution to prevention: $0 effort
- His assignment of blame: 100% her fault
This constitutes Decree 27 violation: Standards applied to others while exempting self; labor extracted while accountability deflected.
Evidence:
- He walked past own mess to complain about children's mess
- Visual comparison shows his space contains 4x more items on floor than children's room
- She washes, dries, folds, and stores his clothing
- He empties own pockets when wearing different pants (proven capability)
- Pattern documented: "The garage is a mess" (his tools scattered), "Why is the bathroom counter cluttered?" (his toiletries), "The kids need to pick up after themselves" (while stepping over his shoes)
- Children are 7 and 9 years old
- He is 38 years old
- Children have more consistent cleanup habits than he does
Conclusion:
This is not standards. This is selective enforcement to avoid self-accountability.
He has learned: critiquing others' mess distracts from his own.
She has learned: his mess is her responsibility; his standards apply to everyone but him.
Children have learned: rules exist for some people.
He maintains authority position without meeting own standards.
She maintains all organization labor plus blame for his negligence.
The dryer contains metal shards.
This is her fault for not checking his pockets.
In clothing she did not wear.
That he left for her to wash.
Violation issued.
—Percival, Compliance Division