On Facebook, I got challenged to share pictures representing the Good Life. After about 15 posts, I posted a picture from the restaurant and talked about how much I enjoyed making pizza for people. I explained that I loved it in spite of the fact that my time at the cafe didn’t end well and the possibility that my partner seemed something like a con man. I didn’t say it directly and I didn’t mention any names.
Well, guilt is a terrible and revealing thing. In a couple of days, I got an email from Pierre. It had the last financial report, FINALLY. And of course, another threat. Pierre said he would sue me for liable, slander, and defamation of character if I didn’t delete the post within 7 days.
No one likes to be threatened. I thought about his demand and came up with my own solution. I reposted the original post with a note. I said someone had assumed the post was about them and threatened me to delete it. Then I apologized to all present and former life partners, friends, etc. who may have assumed the post was about them because it was truly about me and my love for making pizza. All Pierre succeeded in doing was to bring the post to the top of the list again. If you keep threats a secret, that’s when people can hurt you the most.
Pierre unfriended me. What a pity.
Learn From My Mistakes 