And, there are many things I STILL MUST LEARN!!!
One Lesson I keep unexpectedly banging against is... culturally/spiritually/other... Italy and its Peoples... on the peninsula and including its island orbs of Sicily & Sardinia this time... DO NOT LIVE in a Black & White World. This rude realization is a chronic problem for an American living outside the confines of the 48 contiguous United States. The Big Builder Blow-out was a dramatic Refresher Course... dammit.
Yet, what really hurt about the Post-23rd of September was Dr. You-know-who fell squarely with the Italians. His objective perspective on the previous day's proceedings... he was several hundred kilometers away in Milan... bent me totally out of shape. We had a HUGE fight!!! Heavily tranquilized on the Saturday after The BBB-out, I decided to treat myself to a be-nice-to-me lunch at a local & favourite restaurant. I wanted their freshly made French fried potatoes... for medicinal purposes, you know. It was too early in the day for potato-chips. Dr. You called while I was nursing a highly chilled & sparkling white wine... for additional medical reasons, you know... to find out how I was. Here is our conversation...
Yet, what really hurt about the Post-23rd of September was Dr. You-know-who fell squarely with the Italians. His objective perspective on the previous day's proceedings... he was several hundred kilometers away in Milan... bent me totally out of shape. We had a HUGE fight!!! Heavily tranquilized on the Saturday after The BBB-out, I decided to treat myself to a be-nice-to-me lunch at a local & favourite restaurant. I wanted their freshly made French fried potatoes... for medicinal purposes, you know. It was too early in the day for potato-chips. Dr. You called while I was nursing a highly chilled & sparkling white wine... for additional medical reasons, you know... to find out how I was. Here is our conversation...
Buon Giorno! Come va?... an obnoxious & upbeat How are you? in Italian. I was in no mood.
A pezzi, Dottore, migliai e migliai di pezzi. My Italian intimated that Dr. Guess-who needed to arrive with a broom to sweep up the debris.
Oh? Well...
I feel like I have had a head-on collision and more than my front bumper got crunched!!!
The builder is a Sardo!!! What did you expect?
I expected a responsible & professional business person to be greatly aware of the three months delay he dictated to us AND the payment of the penalty fee for it... as per the contract he signed!!!
Sbagliatissimo! An obnoxious & exaggerated way to say... You fucked up!!! He's a Sardo!!! You should've known better than to have said the "P" word even within 25 kilometers of him!!!
Whose side are you on? I was vulnerable. I needed Feel-good, not a Lesson in Sardo Reality.
I am on the side of Good Sense.
Oh? Really...?
I won't bore you with the rest of our discussion, but to say, I raised my voice... loud enough to be heard in Sardinia... and Dr. Guess-who hung-up on me. Our tempers have since cooled. I am left with the consequences of getting angry... dammit. I am, however, hopeful the builder will see fit to give me a date AND maintain it for putting in the fireplace for the Upstairs Apartment. Then, we will be done with Phase III... and, Thank God!!! In the meantime, where are my tranquilizers? Gads.
I expected a responsible & professional business person to be greatly aware of the three months delay he dictated to us AND the payment of the penalty fee for it... as per the contract he signed!!!
Sbagliatissimo! An obnoxious & exaggerated way to say... You fucked up!!! He's a Sardo!!! You should've known better than to have said the "P" word even within 25 kilometers of him!!!
Whose side are you on? I was vulnerable. I needed Feel-good, not a Lesson in Sardo Reality.
I am on the side of Good Sense.
Oh? Really...?
I won't bore you with the rest of our discussion, but to say, I raised my voice... loud enough to be heard in Sardinia... and Dr. Guess-who hung-up on me. Our tempers have since cooled. I am left with the consequences of getting angry... dammit. I am, however, hopeful the builder will see fit to give me a date AND maintain it for putting in the fireplace for the Upstairs Apartment. Then, we will be done with Phase III... and, Thank God!!! In the meantime, where are my tranquilizers? Gads.
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