Back O' The Page Stories, June 2008
By Scott Coverdale
Christine called me from Picture Rocks. "Scott, this guy is MEAN and I don't really like being here at all."
"Okay," I told her. "You can take off if you need to. What is this guy doing, anyways?"
"He is staring at us in a really mean way the whole time, and he kind of growls at us, and he's like, well, he's drooling at me, and he has guns around and I don't think that I can stay."
"All right," I told her. "I think you should leave. I didn't know that he was like that. And how is Harvey doing with it?"
"Oh, he's doing all right, but he sees it too, and is uncomfortable with the guy. Let me ask him if he thinks we can finish before we leave."
Christine and Harvey decided that since they were almost done, they would finish repairing the cooler, keeping an eye on the client, and then leave as soon as possible. When Christine got back to the office, I asked her how things went at the end of the job.
"Oh my gosh," she laughed. "I got my perspective turned around. When we were ready to leave, he looked at me and said in his growling voice, ‘Thank you. I don't know what I would do without you people.' I was shocked, then I found out that this guy had a stroke and is half paralyzed. He doesn't blink his eyes, so that is why he stares at everybody. He drools because he doesn't have good facial control, and that's why his voice is so ferocious, too. I still don't like his guns, but I think that he is probably a really nice man...."
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