After 25 years of living in Italy, I've discovered a few things about Italians. Sardinians, such as the builder, are NOT Italian!!! They are a whole other category of person. Comes from tending sheep on ricky terrain, I suppose. Italians are imbued with many dynamic & varied pursuits which influences their collective character.
Back during WWII, the US Defense Department asked for a study of the Italian People before sweeping the country free of Fascism and their friends-in-crime, the Nazis. The general summary of the report was... The Italians are a clever, ingenious & industrious people but... ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED!!!
Well, yes and no. Yes, for ever thinking to trust their dispicable politicians, with Mr. Berlusconi tippy-top on The List. And no, since, if you trust them to stick close, you can learn IMPORTANT things... like... they never get really mad at The Big Stuff. After 2,000+ years of history, rife with dominantion/invasion/other, the Italians know that getting pissed-off ONLY brings unexpected surprises/ consequences/lots-of-un-fun-stuff.
I got real mad at the builder... well, he did get angry first, but then, he's a Sardo!!! I followed suit... and now... damn-it-all-to-Hell!!!... I need the guy to build me a fireplace in the Upstairs Apartment. Otherwise, if I have a water-infiltration problem after Builder #2 has poked a hole through Builder #1's roof for the chimney-thingy-ma-jigger, the litigation of blame could last years... while I live with buckets full of O2!!! Sorry I got mad.
So, OK... while negotiating through Our Geometra to a successful conclusion of having a built-in fancy & functioning fireplace in the Upstairs Apartment, I have decided to get pissed-off ONLY & EXCLUSIVELY over such things as... the 10 cent increase for the Genoa-Aulla autostrada trip. Costs a lot less. Gads.
Back during WWII, the US Defense Department asked for a study of the Italian People before sweeping the country free of Fascism and their friends-in-crime, the Nazis. The general summary of the report was... The Italians are a clever, ingenious & industrious people but... ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED!!!
Well, yes and no. Yes, for ever thinking to trust their dispicable politicians, with Mr. Berlusconi tippy-top on The List. And no, since, if you trust them to stick close, you can learn IMPORTANT things... like... they never get really mad at The Big Stuff. After 2,000+ years of history, rife with dominantion/invasion/other, the Italians know that getting pissed-off ONLY brings unexpected surprises/ consequences/lots-of-un-fun-stuff.
I got real mad at the builder... well, he did get angry first, but then, he's a Sardo!!! I followed suit... and now... damn-it-all-to-Hell!!!... I need the guy to build me a fireplace in the Upstairs Apartment. Otherwise, if I have a water-infiltration problem after Builder #2 has poked a hole through Builder #1's roof for the chimney-thingy-ma-jigger, the litigation of blame could last years... while I live with buckets full of O2!!! Sorry I got mad.
So, OK... while negotiating through Our Geometra to a successful conclusion of having a built-in fancy & functioning fireplace in the Upstairs Apartment, I have decided to get pissed-off ONLY & EXCLUSIVELY over such things as... the 10 cent increase for the Genoa-Aulla autostrada trip. Costs a lot less. Gads.
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