Hick Is All Haystack and No Needle

With our closing on the Double Hovel flip house(s) coming up in 10 days, Hick told me that our closing would not be at our regular abstract company, but somewhere over in Bill-Paying Town.

"WHAT? That's not convenient! I always pick up The Pony and meet you there."

"Now it's over behind the courthouse, because of the other realtor that the buyers are working with."

"BEHIND the courthouse? It's on the square. What do you consider behind? There's a street on each of the four sides."

"BEHIND it!"

"Like down from our savings and loan building?"

"No."

"By the county jail?"

"No."

"By the bank?"

"NO! BEHIND!"

"Well. That only leaves one side. But I don't consider that to be BEHIND."

"It's behind the annex."

"Why didn't you SAY that??? On the other side of the annex from the courthouse. Then I would have known what you meant."

"I told you where it was. Anybody else could figure that out."

I beg to differ. I asked Hick the name of the place. So I could look it up.

"I don't know. It's a new place."

"Is it a bank? A loan company? Give me a clue."

"It's an abstract company. She told me the name, but I don't remember."

Hick went by Realtor's office yesterday, to give her the service slip from the exterminator. You might think he would have asked the name of the place where the closing will be held. But no.

"She wasn't there. So I just gave the paper to one of her workers."

"You didn't ask where our closing was?"

"No. She wasn't there."

"If her workers can take our documents to file with our property, can't they look in the file and see where the closing will be?"

"I don't know. I didn't ask."

Well. We have nine days left. I suppose Hick will get that info. I just like to be prepared. To see if it has a handy ramp for me to walk up instead of steps, like the place we usually have our closings. I will take my cane. I figure if there are only steps, and no railing, I will wait in A-Cad. I'm pretty sure somebody will walk out with the documents for me to sign.