[pianotech] once in a while

[Leslie Bartlett]

I quit a school district last year. I knew I was done, when having had a 
really heated argument with one of the pseudo guards, finally screamed, 
"Go to the office right now, get the people with the guns, and escort me 
out of this building  now."...............  Not a good day. I went to 
finish the piano, (and rest of contract ultimately) when a lady walked 
on the stage, and I jumped off my bench like someone had shot me.  She 
said, "Oh I'm sorry to have scared you so. I just wanted to tell you how 
absolutely excited the kids were when they came out of the room where 
you were tuning. You had explained so much to them, let them tune some 
notes and it absolutely made their day, so I just wanted to come and 
tell you."   It was a lovely way to end what had become a politically 
impossible situation for me.
les b