Boron - Chapter 20

But I didn't do any of those things. What I did instead, as
I said, is I remained silent eating a little humble pie.

Well, Bondy, I think I made a good decision. But I'll tell
you, it's hard for me to live with. Unfortunately, however,
that sort of thing sometimes is a part of being in prison
and, in this case, the matter was a little complicated by
the fact that the guy who did the yelling usually conducts
himself in a way as to have very little friction with other
people. He does his time quietly doing a lot of exercising
and studying an accounting course.

But that - "and don't give me any back talk" really got to
me and I feel a little bit cowardly for not calling him on
that. And that may have been satisfying for my ego and my
pride but it would have been really dumb.

By the way, I want to maybe surprise you a little at this
point by telling you that everything in this letter has a
lot to do with creating better ads and DM pieces! And don't
even try to guess why at this point because I'll explain it
before I am finished.

Meanwhile, back to my story: As I was saying, there was a
lot of things I didn't do and I'd like to talk about why I
didn't.

The first reason I didn't get tough with this guy is I was a
little scared. Not much, because I am in very good shape and
I am a very physical person now. But I was a little scared
and with good reasons and here are some of them. First of
all, this guy might have hurt me. He's pretty physical too
and he has been working out in prison for years. Secondly, I
might have hurt him because, as I said, I'm not exactly a
guy who routinely gets sand kicked in his face. And thirdly,
(and this is the big one!) if he and I had gotten in a fight
we would have both been put in chains and immediately
transferred to a higher security prison PLUS we may easily
have lost our "good time" and, I myself, would perhaps have
had to do six months longer before I got out.

So, I think you'll agree I did the right thing but, I'll
tell you, my ol' ego is having a hard time of it.

And, let's talk briefly about why I didn't explain to him a
more mature way he could have handled the situation. One of
the big reasons is: