"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"

[GoatGal]

Yeah Matt, I hear you.

I've done that.


Looked at it when it was full and said:
"Screw it. Let him do it when he shows up! WhatAreWe, gonna DIE? Nope!"


But I tried to salvage this interaction, trying to make a little lemonade.

Me: "Is there something I should be doing?" (Notice I didn't say: "To help".)

HIM: "No, I'm just running the shop-vac....you might want to get your books off the floor."

(My poetry book collection, including some friends' editions--all saturated. It was worse than I thought. Great.)

Him: "Then I was going to run a few fans."

Me: "OK, let me see what fans I can dig up". (This is a 180 for me. Normally I'd be suggesting we do this or that.)

Me: Bringing the fans..."Wow, it's worse than I thought".

Him: "Yeah." (Looking pissed)

Me: (Very gently) "....you... OK?...."

HIM: "Yeah. I'm just tired. And stressed out, walking into this."

Me: "Yeah, it's really a mess isn't it?"

Then a little chit chat about the raise he's supposed to get, validating that he deserves it, etc. etc. .... diffused it pretty well.


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Honestly, he looks like hell.

He came in with a six pack of IPA beer, so--super strong.
I asked if I could have one as I went upstairs... he looked annoyed, then said "Sure. I guess so..." (Guess he wanted all of them for himself?)

Now he is finally plumbing the damn thing into the main drain as he was supposed to in the first place.

Duh. Took ten minutes that he didn't have to spare all those many weeks while me with my bad back was expected to dump the bucket five times a day.

Seriously? Who IS THIS MAN????

And now the house smells like sewer gas, maybe the drain backed up?
He says he doesn't know....


I guess if we all get gassed in our sleep it will solve ALL his problems.

Yikes.

I am so disgusted.
The only upside is that instead of venting at him, I'm venting here.

----GG