kittenmmm's blog post - as promised...the hay call

So, I said I would save this for another blog. For the sake of protecting the not so innocent we'll call the hay guy Joe and the other party Bob.

For a little background, Joe owns the farm and Bob, his son in law, worked with him but on his own as well.

I called Joe's house first and got his wife. I tell her I need some hay and she says she's not sure if Joe has any to sell because it's been a tight year and he didn't harvest a lot of it. So I ask her if Bob might have some hay to sell. She says, in a real nasty tone, "The only thing Bob is selling these days is himself!" "He hasn't worked since February because he's too busy making babies with his girl friend and he doesn't have time to work here or be bothered with anything else besides screwing around"

I'm thinking ... oooohkay.... probably a touchy area...shouldn't have gone there.

She's still going on about Bob's indiscretions and shortcomings when she takes a breath and I say in a somewhat joking tone...trying to extricate myself here..."so it probably wouldn't be a good idea to call HIM"

"OH NO"..she retorts, "we're not allowed to give out his number because his girlfriend might not LIKE that."

At this point I'm thinking....this was really a bad idea...so I ask her if she can recommend anyone and then she seems to calm a bit and tells me that she'll give me Joe's cell number and I can call him and check with him and he'll get back to me. Phew...I thank her very much...call Joe and he gets back to me to negotiate the hay deal.

Needless to say...I wasn't expecting to call the update hotline for "As The Hay Bales" but it was a rather interesting diversion to the day. I guess I can cross Bob's number off of my hay suppliers as well.

thankful she's getting any hay at all
kitt xxx