This tree saga came to a conclusion a few weeks ago, but not without comedy. the construction guys kinda tried bully my arborist friend into trimming more than he contractually agreed (which would have been disastrous for the tree) but he's been doing tree work and dealing with guys like this for two decades, so managed to refuse this while calling them "just meatheads who want to kill everything" to their faces and laughing it off like it was a joke.

then, best part, was when the 35 year old macho site-boss was like "I gotta be careful what I say, there's Biden people everywhere" (insinuating my friend is a liberal) my grizzled, 6ft 2" 50+ year old friend, all serious and with eye contact is like "I've been a molotov cocktail throwing anarchist for long time" and just leaves it hanging in the air. the guys like, "uh... ok let us know if you need anything".

I know it sounds like one of those "and then everyone clapped" embellishments but that's actually what happened lol

these fucking developers and construction firms think the world is theirs to shit all over, felt good to successfully push back and at least win a battle.