A Roofing Salesman's Lot

One of my colleagues sent this to me the other day and it's so true- we've all been there- those days when nothing seems to be going right, then out of nowhere, that day changes for the better!

I often get an 'ear worm' song going round my head on a continuous loop.

This particular winters day it was Gilbert and Sullivan's "A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One", (down an octave), "Happy One".

I did my own editing and replaced 'Policeman' with 'Roofing Salesman'.

Trundling along the motorway in the rain with the grey road, grey sky, grey Armco following a grey and dirty van which someone had scrawled on the tailgate 'Darren Is A Twit'. It was one of those days. Stop-start, stop-start, crawl-creep, crawl-creep. The gantry flashing 'Delay Ahead 40mph'. So why have I been doing less than 10mph for the last 2 miles? Grrr!. I know, I'll get off at the next service area and take a break from the rat race.  

Exit motorway, park at furthest most point from the building as everyone else seems to have had the same idea. Trudge across the car park with the howling wind ensuring the horizontal rain washes my face, inadvertently stepping into a puddle - 1 wet ankle (left).

Queue up, consume coffee, exit building making a mental note not to stop here again. Overpriced and luke warm beverage. Trudge back to the car with the wind driven rain ensuring the back of my neck gets a good soaking. Remember to avoid the puddle, only to be splashed by an existing van. 1 wet ankle (right).

Indeed, "A Roofing Salesmans Lot Is Not A Happy One",(down an octave) "Happy One".

Back on the motorway, a few more miles and the traffic eases, the rain stops. Ah, that's a bit better.  I'm early for my appointment so I will have a look at the job we supplied tiles to recently, only a couple of miles further on. Exit motorway. A few miles on a lovely country road, the cloud is lifting and as I round the corner, the sun very timely makes an appearance just as the completed roof comes into view.  Wow!! That looks good – Tudor’s handmade Plain Tiles in a mix of Medium Antique, Red Antique and Jubilee colours. That's brought a smile to my face. Today is going to be a good day. What was that tune I was humming?. Oh yes, I remember - "A Roofing Salesman's Lot IS A Happy One", (down an actave) "Happy One".