Weaponized Incompetence

"e;You're just better at it than me."e; It sounds like a compliment, but it's often a trap. Psychologist Nora Blake explores the phenomenon of "e;Weaponized Incompetence"e;-pretending to be bad at a simple task so that someone else will do it for you. Blake analyzes this behavior in marriages (the husband who "e;ruins"e; the laundry so he's never asked again) and offices (the coworker who "e;can...