Say one thing about today
Say it's been absurd
First I'll narrate an incident from not twenty minutes ago.
My neighbour (the other ones and not the immediate ones sharing metal fence) who barely talk or interact with us, called out today when I stepped outside in the garden and basically in a sort of direct and brassy tone told me not to let my cats into her garden as they have some cement work going on.
Since the lady in question was a bit far away and not totally audible I had to ask her to repeat what she said and she rolled her eyes .
That made me want to punch her!
But now that she sounded clearer I understood what she meant but I still didn't like her tone, nor her way of talking to me.
It nagged me so much that five minutes later I was ringing her doorbell.
She was quite taken aback upon seeing me but I wasn't there to fight but to apologise and so I gave her a silk wrapped slab of Chinese wooden bookmarks 🔖 with silk threads work, something I know she'd probably never have seen before in her life with a note attached regarding my cats and their naughtiness (something I am not apologetic about) but seeing her face drain of any colour and immediately follow up with a crimson burst of embarrassment was quite the reward.
She stuttered before telling me something garbled about how cement work is happening in her garden and that my cats might get hurt etc. I thanked her for her concern, assured her I'd keep my cats in check and left.
She stood there looking dazed and weirded out.
Yeah I felt good.
She's not going to have any issues and if she does she won't be able to say it.
I mean come on.
Where is the politeness towards fellow human and neighbours at that!
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