Last night in the blustery cold I was lucky enough to be sharing some wine and cheese with Carolyn, Vivian, and Katie when my phone rang. It was Travis, my mortgage consultant at Citibank (we’re still working on some details). He sounded like hell — like he had caught a dose of the plague I had recently, but he had lost his voice on top of it. I told him so, and then he went on a tirade. Apparently Travis lives with his girlfriend of four plus years and she nags him. A lot. He was sent out to shovel the driveway in the midst of a snowstorm, despite his arguments that it was just going to keep snowing and he’d have to do it again. Lo and behold, Travis was quite right — a blizzard dumped a foot of snow in his area. The next morning, someone offered to snowblow his driveway for $20 (which seemed like a reasonable price to me, but then again, I haven’t shoveled snow since 1994) and he took them up on it. Said girlfriend then proceeded to get upset with him for paying the money to have someone do it for him. "Travis," I said, "sounds like you need to do some thinking about this relationship." We then proceeded to chat about how she nagged him about cleaning, etc., and I mentioned that I will never cohabitate with anyone again unless we hire someone to clean — I firmly believe that it is money well spent to prevent a great deal of aggravation. He seemed to like that idea. Whether or not he remains with his girlfriend is yet to be seen. If anyone does listen to our call (as they may be recorded for quality assurance purposes), they’ll probably get a kick out of it. Not sure why he felt like sharing all that with me, but I’m going to take it as a compliment.
The Therapist is In
Last night in the blustery cold I was lucky enough to be sharing some wine and cheese with Carolyn, Vivian, and Katie when my phone rang. It was Travis, my…
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Oh, yes. It’s perfectly normal for one’s mortgage consultant to call you and kvetch about his personal life. Not. Creepy. At. All.
Oh, yes. It’s perfectly normal for one’s mortgage consultant to call you and kvetch about his personal life. Not. Creepy. At. All.
Creepy? Perhaps. But he sounds damn cute on the phone. Plus we did actually discuss some business.
Creepy? Perhaps. But he sounds damn cute on the phone. Plus we did actually discuss some business.
As a snow-in-driveway expert – Travis and his girlfried were both right. It’s a lot easier to shovel 6″ of snow twice than 12″ once. And $20 to blow the driveway! Send that person around to my house. Put him on a retainer. And a cleaning person/service – a must! But yeah – it’s a bit strange for a mortgage consultant to get so personal, but I guess he found a kind hearted listener.
As a snow-in-driveway expert – Travis and his girlfried were both right. It’s a lot easier to shovel 6″ of snow twice than 12″ once. And $20 to blow the driveway! Send that person around to my house. Put him on a retainer. And a cleaning person/service – a must! But yeah – it’s a bit strange for a mortgage consultant to get so personal, but I guess he found a kind hearted listener.