I know why truck drivers sit around and talk to other truck drivers -because it’s an audience that appreciates what they are saying. When I talk to non-truck drivers about things, I get a glassy look which either means they don’t have any idea what I’m talking about or they don’t care, or both. Some jobs you can discuss with others and get some kind of dialogue going, but when the only response you get is a grunt and a shrug you know you are in the wrong arena.
I try hard not to subject my loved ones to my diatribes, because, frankly, I don’t want them to run when they see me coming. But there are times I need to blather and they’re just going to have to put up with it, even if I get the glassy looks or the silence on the other end of the phone, or, “Uh, I need to go now.”
And they know better than to ask me how things are going because that just opens the floodgates and away I go. Well, they asked, didn’t they? Find a good game on your computer and listen up. Or if the conversation is in person, just nod politely and say, uh-huh, every once in awhile. It works for me.
Hahaha! I'd LOVE to sit and listen to your stories. Come on over and visit and I will. :) And Michael too - if you can get a word in edgewise with him. I try not to give him the glassy looks -but really? Wire lighting and security cameras and programming remotes. zzzzzzzzzzzz.
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