[Savage Beast]

A plumber from New York City came to work for our regular plumber. He was so rude and nasty we referred to him, in his absence, as Mr. Grump.

But we continued to be nice to him, as any decent person would.

After a couple of years, he began to become...well...almost not disgusting.

Now it's been about ten years. He's downright pleasant, even smiles occasionally.

He told me that he got out of New York because he hated the political climate there, didn't want his children living in such a place.

Today, he's almost indistinguishable from everybody else.

[laplata]

Good story and good for you.