Got the kids to school, went to the gym, drove home looking forward to an hour of sitting on the sofa watching tv, turned into our street and saw the window cleaners car.
So I can’t possibly slob on the sofa while he cleans the windows all around me. Our downstairs is quite open plan so I would be seen from many windows.
Also his social skills are not great. He talks like he’s following a script, like someone has once said to him “look for something to compliment about a person as a conversation opener”. In the past he has said “I like your gate”. Plain black metal gate, been there for the 15 years we’ve lived here. “I like your doorbell. Did you choose it yourself?”
Or he will say “I saw you sitting on the sofa” or “I saw you were cooking in the kitchen”. He’s not being creepy, again it’s like a slightly scripted conversation. Comment on something someone is doing as a conversation opener.
But he’s harmless, he’s just trying to earn a living, he does a good job, I don’t want to clean my own windows. I just don’t want to have to chat to him or lie about watching tv and seeing his face cleaning the windows. He also has to acknowledge me every single time he sees me. So every time I look up and see his cheery face through the glass he will wave and smile at me.
I usually try not to be in while he is here but I forgot he was coming today.
So I am in my car just round the corner hoping he is nearly finished. I need to stop being ridiculous and go home. Tell me to stop being ridiculous and go home.
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flitwit99 · 22/02/2019 11:08
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