Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common house meals

[Racheli&John (jnpalme]

** Reply to note from Sharon Villines <sharonvillines [at] prodigy.net> Tue, 17 
Apr 2001 13:45:02 -0400
>From Racheli
Sonora Cohousing.

   
> > However, I feel I
> > need to serve where I can do the most good, and I'm a better gardener than
> > cook.  It hurts that the community puts pressure on to get the landscaping
> > done, and then rewards people for cooking instead.
 
> This is the issue exactly. It isn't a question of one person working more
> another less, it is why can't everyone in the community contribute where
> their skills and interests are? If people really like to cook, wouldn't it
> be better for them to cook than having to maintain the walkways or the
> intranet or accounting records.

I'd say that if everyone in the community likes this arrangement, it's
fine.
My feeling about my own community is that we aren't even close 
to having enough people who would like to cook/clean for others
to the extent that it will be required  if some don't participate
in the effort.  Let's remember that if some don't cook or clean
but eat - those who cook or clean need to do it more often, and
for more people.  And I suspect that the difference might not
be negligent.

As I see it, people who feel resentful because they see themselves as
doing too much work (while others don't) have an issue which is 
separate from the meal issue - and which certainly demands attention.  

R.



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