The World’s Most Impatient Man

“Is he always like that?”

The contractor turns to my wife inquisitively, with a slight betrayal of annoyance. We are in our kickoff meeting and he’s getting a sense of the kind of person that he’ll be dealing with for the next five months, that’s if all goes to plan.

In one continuous motion, I had scooped an item from our counter, placed it in the trash, noticed the trash was full, lifted the bag out, and exited the house with it over my shoulder. Meanwhile, the two other adults were still carrying on. 

“Yes. He is always like that,” sighed the wife…