{"id":797,"date":"2021-06-17T18:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T22:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/?p=797"},"modified":"2021-06-17T18:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T22:44:32","slug":"i-am-listening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/i-am-listening-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I am listening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cHello?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, it\u2019s you.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m okay. I\u2019d ask you how you are if I cared, but I don\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSure, I have some time. Why not? Go ahead, I\u2019m listening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s this leading up to? Do you need some cash?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo? Really? What then?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t whine. I hate whining, you know that. Just get on with it. It\u2019s almost time for the bus and I don\u2019t want to talk while I\u2019m on the bus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere am I going? Where I always go at 7:30 in the morning–to work. You know, that thing I do to earn money to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, same place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s okay, pays the bills. So tell me, what\u2019s the point of this call?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, yes I\u2019m listening. Yes, I can have an open mind, until it slams shut.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was a joke. I AM listening. Stop crying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWould a job help? They are hiring at the bakery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you? Why can\u2019t you work?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s no excuse. And for your information I don\u2019t think you have a sleep disorder. I\u2019ve seen you asleep, dead to the world on my couch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, I did say I\u2019d have an open mind. But if you\u2019re going to BS me at least make up a viable story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been through this before. It doesn\u2019t work for me. It didn\u2019t work last time. It\u2019s a small apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou DO take up a lot of room. You are a slob and you and your things spread like a virus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe dog?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen did you get a dog? And why did you get a dog? You can\u2019t even take care of yourself and now you have a DOG?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSorry, I guess I was judging you. I\u2019m sorry you\u2019re lonely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe dog has no place to go?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo NOT put the dog out on the street. And do not drive out to the country and drop that dog and leave it to fend for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes you do have a choice.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOk, listen. Are you listening?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI said, ARE YOU LISTENING?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take the dog,\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, you can\u2019t tag along. Where are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy do I need to know? Because I\u2019m coming to get the dog, that\u2019s why.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWait, let me get out a pen to write this down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOk, go ahead, I\u2019m listening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c) Glenda Kotchish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHello?\u201d  \u201cOh, it\u2019s you.\u201d  \u201cI\u2019m okay. I\u2019d ask you how you are if I cared, but I don\u2019t.\u201d  \u201cSure, I have some time. Why not? Go ahead, I\u2019m listening.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s this leading up to? Do you need some cash?\u201d  \u201cNo? Really? What then?\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t whine. I hate whining, you know that. Just get on with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[191,190],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-story","tag-listening","tag-prose"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/glendakotchish.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}