GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Culture
“ALL THE SAME TO ME”
Josh Krawley was thoroughly unhelpful during an unscheduled visit to Mitre 10 last weekend.
The 32 year old builder stared blankly at his wife Cara, who had just asked him which white he preferred for painting the lounge. “It was like I was looking at two identical cards of the exact same colour,” he said to reporters, deliberately choosing not to use the word “swatches”.
Krawley recounted his experience at the Upper Hutt retail location.
“I said to Cara that they both look fine and that I would back her decision one hundred percent. And I meant that wholeheartedly. It was a simple choice between white, or white.”
Unsurprisingly, this response was not received well. Cara expected Krawley to show some form of interest in the redecorating of the house, as she subconsciously also used this as a measure of his commitment to the marriage.
“She wasn’t having that, and pushed me to tell her which white I liked more. So I arbitrarily pointed at one of the cards, as they are both white.
“But then out of nowhere she disagrees with my choice and attempts to start an argument about it,” he said, still in disbelief at what had transpired.
“So I now have to make an argument for my shade of white, which I chose at random, and act like this is something I care about.”
“I said my colour choice was ‘more subtle’. What did I mean by that? No idea,” he said.
Krawley described how he and his wife went back and forth on which of the identical whites was the best choice, and in the end, they went with Cara’s preference.
“Fantastic that we came to a decision in the end, wasn’t it? Well worth the discussion,” he said sarcastically.
“Amazing stuff.”
More to come.
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