Predictable Urge DNF
Let’s say you help a guy with a little repair job. Then the guy complains about the work you did and how the work was done. What would you do in this situation?
Well, that is exactly what happened. I helped Leith install a tube in a beach wheel yesterday. We discussed the problem a while back. I told him that I have a tool that would help. Yesterday I brought the tool. I must confess, the tool is a homemade contraption that we used to break the bead of the tire on the wheel. The tool looks like something Chris Bolton would be proud of. The tool is not from a store specifically made for the job. We struggled to break the bead. Partially because the tool is hillbilly and partially because the bead has been stuck on the wheel for decades. We struggled but we got the job done. The tube is in the tire. The tire holds air. To my face Leith said , “Thanks.”
However, behind my back and at the restaurant, I overheard Leith tell a different story. He told a bunch o guys that I butchered the job and the tool I made was inadequate. He said that the job took too long and the end result was pitiful. Then things turned personal. He called me incompetent, hack and clown. He knew that I was right behind him. He intentionally talked loud enough for me to overhear the conversation. Fortunately, my ego is large enough that his words barely scratched my self esteem.