You shouldn't just abandon your duties.
Dave is sick of his chores as they are so annoying, and he has to keep doing them over and over.
Dave wants to decide what to do about his chores.
Dave decides to try to come up with ways to do chores less.
Dave decide to just stop doing his chores because they aren't fun.
Some of them work, like getting a bigger trash can, so he takes out the trash less.
Dave gets grounded by his parents for not doing his chores.