Two Kinds of People, Cause Dirty Buckets Never Lie
Cleaning returned horse gear taught me a brutal truth some people prove you wrong by rising to the occasion. Others prove you right by not even trying. And the difference smells exactly as it sounds!
While cleaning up the things that made their way back to me from what is now referred to the horror stable, I realised something. There are, without question, two kinds of people in this world.
The first kind would have gone all in on proving me wrong, when I spoke up about the conditions my horses were living under.
This kind of persona would have scrubbed, washed, repaired, maybe even apologised, not because they had to, but because their own pride demanded it.
Because returning someone’s belongings in pristine condition is the strongest way to say you misjudged me.
Then… there’s the other kind. The kind that returns things looking like the rest of the place.
Unwashed. Unbothered. Quietly confirming every concern you ever had.
No explanation.
Not even shame.
Just the silent confidence of someone who truly doesn’t give a flying f…. And here’s the thing, that choice says so much more than any argument ever could.
Because when someone has the opportunity to contradict your version of events and chooses not to do so, they’re not defending themselves. They’re in fact testifying in your favour.
In fact, the condition things and horses are returned in often tells the real story, the truest story of them all. The one story and truth you cannot hide from, dirty buckets never lie.