[officemonkey]

He's the one who is responding to her promptly. Methinks he's the one being conditioned.

[otoburb]

No, he's already conditioned himself to answer certain "high-priority" emails quickly while responding with high latency to voicemails.

His girlfriend who will be more likely to change her behaviour in response to this exercise, rather than him (i.e. he's already conditioned himself).