ask in a positive way or try to make some kind of deal … maybe you could say, “okay, let’s try three-quarters time?” you know? if they just refuse to budge then, like you said, they don’t have your greatest good at mind. they’re looking to get their bottom line. they’re looking from a fear perspective. if we give this to you we’re gonna give this to everybody. well not everybody’s asking for it. they might want to make full-time pay and you at this point have a reason, you’re willing to go to half-time. but if they see it from that bottom line instead of with you as a 