Life drives home certain lessons again and again, and even after they're well-learned, the validity of those lessons is constantly emphasized by ordinary events.
Recently I hired a repairman to fix the irrigation system in my lawn-two of the supply pipes had gotten choked by trees. We're planning to sell the house fairly soon, and keeping the system repaired will help the property present well to potential buyers. Straightforward.
As I sat at my desk one busy morning, my wife called and informed me that the repairman had managed to cut our cable TV connection, which she also uses to access the Internet. She was not pleased with the repairman; and because I hired him, she was not pleased ...