“You must have it, you must,” he said very authoritatively, though it came across tinged with hostility. “But I don’t want it, we don’t need it,” I fired back just as authoritatively, working to mask my own growing hostility. The “it” in question was a tiny little room in our new offices, and “he” was a general contractor who was going to give me a quote on doing the build-out of our new space. I wanted the little room gone, as it served no purpose and seemed overkill for a non-public building that was going to house 16 people on a regular basis. Then he threw the C word at me…. Read More »
