What is really going on here?

My mother asked me to paint a wall for her recently. She could have easily hired someone to do this but much prefers to have her children around (and no matter how much we object, she always insists on paying us way more than she would have to pay someone else...for her, it is a…

I guess I’ll (happily) wait my turn…next time!

I was supposed to meet Jack at my office yesterday at 1pm. He and a friend were moving an air-conditioner downstairs and a small refrigerator upstairs for our new office space. I thought that I'd pop into the post office and mail out a package before I met him, and was happy to see only…