Some people believe it’s when they get to do all the talking and you listen and say little in response.

During that conversation, they may even state, in a threatening tone, that they need to see inside your! (temporary) home, for no reason at all, and then when that has no effect, follow it up by having someone else (who probably believes that he has more authority) send you an email from a different town that he needs to see inside your home, also for no reason at all.

Where on earth do such people get the gall from?

That is NOT what I consider a good conversation.

I cannot give (=confer to it) any organization trustworthiness if it doesn’t want to be trustworthy… That works both ways, yes!

My CV should not have to play a role in this. Everyone deserves respect, regardless of CV or age or income or parents.

The earth still isn’t flat, no matter how many times anyone says that it is.

Wait. Haven’t people gone to prison in the past for saying that the earth isn’t actually flat but fairly sphere-shaped?

There was also the shock revelation that the earth isn’t the center of the universe. Someone certainly went to trial over that and was almost crucified, literally. For telling the truth.

I guess I am sometimes like that person. Sometimes you have to be strong and not let yourself be pushed in a direction you absolutely do not want to go into.

PS
Lisa Woods, among many other things, you picked my locks for over 13 years. End of.

Okay, thank you.
I acknowledge that life the world is challenging constitutes or creates many challenges for you. The experiences of the past year have taught me a lot about what that can be like.

And, yeah. Sorry. Sorry sorry sorry. I had no idea. Yikes. This is totally not the country that it used to be, unless maybe I was really really lucky before. And even that was already pretty throttling to me. (Mustn’t want to excel in what I do, even if only for the mere joy of learning to excel at something.)