The client's initial reaction upon the first meeting was that the Contractor was a pretty good guy. 30ish, a gardener, he was teaching his four year old daughter how to grow things. During the second meeting while talking about the drought, he expressed concern about what the future would be like for his children if things really went south. This lead to him bringing up the idea of packing up and escaping. He and the owner of the company had a few years back, looked into buying beach property in Costa Rica but hadn't seriously pursued the idea. Now, after the political and Covid craziness, they had looked again only to discover that all beach land had been purchased. He had a good feeling about Costa Rica he said. The contractor's family had a cleaning lady from there and she, after many years of service was like family to them. The client cringed inwardly hearing this well-meant yet clueless bourgeois sentiment. He began to wonder if the Contractor's interest in gardening and teaching his little girl was genuine or some virtue-signalling affectation common these days of people in this social class.
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