I missed the discussion about Trump at last week's political meeting . Nothing in particular was scheduled for this week, too many members being away at some rally. Main item in the resulting casual free-for-all turned out to "Mark, the coffee killer" ... this guy who'd kicked over our leader's very large latte (so big and heavy that Mark rebounded from the impact I was assured ) and spilled it all over the floor (ever drop!) at a recent conference, then declined to replace it.
Horror! Actually Mark didn't exactly decline to replace it , he just proved impervious to 10-ton hints to the effect that he ought to replace it (such as directions to nearest vendor, followed by directions to a cheaper vendor, if he preferred?). As An Aspie, i thoroughly enjoyed hearing about somebody else's density in this respect ofc. But , no, Mark isn't an Aspie. Eventually a satisfactory explanation was proffered by one of the Daves: poor Mark had been under a great deal of stress recently, and had consequently done something so unthinkable, it had to be repeated twice : he had taken up smoking. Ah, yeah. That makes total sense. Do you know how much tobacco duty we pay in this country? plus VAT. And you seemed to get into some kind of recursive loop with these taxes, last I checked. Way to reduce your anxiety , huh?
Keep your coffee out of the road of those smokers, guys.
