BUT THEN

You sure have to hate these little additions. Those cliff hanging words that take you from paradise to agony.

And they always come from the source you figure is least likely to cause a problem. Some gullible lackey with no creative.

A first class patsy you figure is basically expendable. And a poster child for utter and complete ignorance.

That is until he or she does something to mess up your plans. Which is when the add the dreaded, but then.

Meaning they have some exception to your plans. A detail or fact they didn't bother to mention.

But since they are clueless you know it wasn't planned. Sort of a knife of naiveté they used on your heart by accident.

Only they aren't smart enough to have done in on purpose. You still bleed a lot, however they will say they are sorry.

And actually mean it. Just even when you stop bleeding you can count on the fact they might even do it again.

Which is really scary. Because they will do it despite the fact that they have no idea who to intentionally inflict harm.

So you only have the ability to take note of such people and avoid them or at least wish them on your enemies. Yeah, that is the best options.

These are the kinds of people who would do great at working for a telegram company. The kind where you were sending exploding telegrams.

Course the turnover in such situations would be very high. Still each new hire wouldn't need much training.

And you wouldn't have to pay them. Oh you could promise to, but since they wouldn't ever live to collect a paycheck then no problem.

Gosh isn't it a shame nobody ever thought of this before. I guess if they have they don't bother to admit it.

Now it does leave me wondering about the risk of accepting telegrams down the road. Hmmn, hope nobody I've lied to reads this.

Well none that has my write name and address at least.