Play a strong hand, always.

If there is one thing I learnt from my old boss, it was to always play a strong hand.

And I have learnt it well.

''Take the emotion out of it'', he would say.

Don't be abusive,don't react, just fold your arm's and firmly say 'No'.

And for the most part I subscribe to this.

I think it works.

But after the drama has ended, you are kinda left alone.

And you can't help thinking to yourself -

I'm not the totally unfeeling prick people take me for.

Maybe the feelings run deeper than most and the best thing is to bury them a little.