If you need any favors or rescuing, you are out of luck if you're related to Farmer H. His cheery helpfulness is not available for family members.
Friday evening, I was concluding a call with The Pony about our flip house, when The Pony said,
"Oh, could Dad come by in the morning and jump my car? The battery is dead. I got in to go pick up prescriptions, and it wouldn't start. I guess it happened when you dropped me off that one day, and I walked by my car and shut the door that hadn't been closed all the way. I haven't been in it since then. I guess the light drained the battery. Can you give me a call when he leaves, so I'll be up and ready to start the car?"
"Yes, if my phone works. But he usually leaves here around 6:00."
I called to Farmer H, who had just carried his own laundry from the dryer to the living room.
"No wonder it's dead. He don't ever drive that car. It's not at all convenient in the morning."
"I'll call back and see."
"NO IT AIN'T ALL ABOUT ME!"
"Why are you yelling at me! That's not even what I said! "I'LL CALL BACK AND SEE."
"DON'T YOU YELL AT ME!"
"I'm yelling because you can't hear me if I don't! You make things up, and then get mad at me for no reason. The Pony was going to pick up medicine. I don't know if it should wait until you have time on Monday."
"I'll go now!"
Farmer H stormed out the door as I was waiting for The Pony to answer the phone.
"Dad just left. He's coming to do it now. He said tomorrow morning is not at all convenient for him."
"Ask if-- oh, you said he already left. I was going to say he could do it on his way home tomorrow, instead of in the morning."
"Well. He's on his way now. And he's not in a good mood. Just so you know."
"Okay. Now I feel bad."
The Pony's not the only one.
That stupid SUS2.5 and making HIS money seems to be the only thing Farmer H cares about lately.
2 comments:
It does seem that anything you or The Pony need is an inconvenience to Hick. Shame on him. Family should ALWAYS come first before business. I know he is a do gooder to other people. So, it's not like we don't know he's capable. Does he not think you are aware of the difference between how he acts to you or The Pony vs his business deals or his harem? Tsk Tsk. Maybe it's time to have an intervention? Ranee
Rae,
I agree. It wouldn't have hurt him to be a half hour late to open, after swinging by to jump The Pony's battery. I doubt there was a crowd waiting for him to open at 6:30 a.m. Later he said it was because he was going a different way, to pick up HOS, to sell in one of his auxiliary storage units. HOS, whom he went by to pick up on Friday, but didn't go, so it was a wasted trip.
He takes us for granted. We can do good things for HIM. But it's expected, and doesn't even merit a "thank you" most times. Like last night, when he handed me his phone to update payment info so he could get his eye drops prescription sent to his local store. That's another story...
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