I Encounter An Angry Fellow

Before I went to see Dr. Gadi, I actually considered following Dr. Birdhater's advice and started trying to find people who would love and take care of my flock. I sold Forrest to a guy who does bird shows. First thing he did was clip his wings so he could get him to step up on his finger and sit there so he could train him; why hadn't I thought of that? Then I tried to give Blueberry-Sunshine to Lauren, the girl who lived down the hall with her grandma and took care of my birds when I was hospitalized. She already had one lovebird named Bixby and another bird too, I think. She was a real bird person; she even worked for an avian vet. Anyway, when I told Blimi and Dovid (hi, Blimi & Dovid) that I was giving away their bird, they decided to take him back. That left Jinji and Oscar. Oscar cost me a thousand bucks and he was worth more than that. I wasn't about to give him away. I put an ad on Craigslist that said that I had a wonderful African Grey who talked up a storm and hated everyone except me, and I was asking $800.00. I had a customer almost immediately. He lived in Queens and was going to call me before he came over. Except that's not what happened. He showed up the very day I went to the allergist. He called me on my cell phone and told me he was at my apartment and had borrowed a panel truck to shlep the cage. What was I gonna do?? There was no way I was selling Oscar now that Dr. Gadi had said conclusively that I wasn't allergic to him! So I told the guy that I was at the allergist and that I had to talk to him. We met in the bagel shop on Kings Highway, across the street from my place.