<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I went to tune a piano that is a = regular on my list.  I have been taking care of the piano for 6 years or = so.  It's a spinet..not a great piano, but nice lady.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  I approach the door and husband = says.."Are you going to tune that piano again?  This is Bullshit!  She = doesn't even play the damn thing anymore."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whoops!  I turned around, put my = tools back in the pickup and left.  Wife called before I got home and left a = message asking  me to come back.  She really did want the piano = tuned.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You should also know that this piano is = in a town 80 miles from my home, and the other appointment for that day had = cancelled the night before, so I made the trip for one piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wrote her a note detailing what her = husband had said and that I was uncomfortable working in a hostile = environment.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I haven't heard anything back from her = since.  I hate to lose a client, but I don't need the aggravation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for listening.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Day, OR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>