Our building contractor, who happens to be in his mid 30s, was at the house the other day to give us a roofing estimate when the conversation turned to another customer of his who's proving to be a real pain in the ass. Apparently this homeowner has been rude, overly demanding, mercurial and just plain difficult, creating untold headaches for the contractor.
For no particular reason, I asked how old this
customer is. I suppose my journalistic instincts were kicking in, because one thing I learned as a newspaper reporter back in the day is that an innocuous or mundane question will sometimes produce an unexpectedly revealing answer.
"Oh, he's OLD," our guy replied with a heavy emphasis on that three-letter word. "He's in his 60s!"
As someone who recently celebrated his 62nd birthday, all I can say is: ouch!
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