The scary part of my life begins when I start getting disgusted with people. I don't mean annoyed because, let's face it, our daily life is full of annoyances which seem to be brought about by people we come into contact with. By disgusted I mean the close-to-loathing, inability to converse with people in a mature manner, and a general lack of interest about anyone and their situations in life.

My husband owns his own business involving a trade that is in high demand because it involves a commodity that most people have but don't know how to fix. Unfortunately, it's an expensive trade for both those rendering it and those receiving for (and paying for!) it, and when you deal with money, it seems the true nature of people's personalities come out.

Today was such a day. It seems that some people feel that my husband making a living should be second to giving 'family and friends' special deals. It doesn't matter to them that the cost quoted is half of what other places would charge, or that he doesn't consider having people pay for some of the things that other places do. All people see is the bottom line, and they want special treatment. Every time! Today my husband actually ate over $300 because a "family friend" bitched about the cost of some items and he was so hurt that he decided to just readjust the final bill. Forget the fact that the total came out hundreds of dollars less than it should have; apparently that wasn't good enough. Not that it matters, but these are the same people who have millions of dollars at their disposal, who provide a professional service to our family and we don't get a discount... People just suck.