What people say
What people say
Written by people who know Richard, inside the team and outside it.
I asked him the awkward question first. He answered every one, then rang me the week I nearly stopped.
He rang me at half nine on a Sunday because I’d gone quiet. Nobody else would have noticed.
I check figures for a living. Richard never dressed his up, and that is why I listened.
Twelve years he did our electrics. When he told me he’d stopped, I asked why, and then I asked how.
I said no twice. He didn’t push. The third time, I rang him.
I help families for a living and had nothing left over for mine. He showed me how to fit this round the school run.
He’s the only person who has ever told me what not to do first.
I’ve known Rich since school. He was the one who turned up. Still is.
Straight answers. I asked him the awkward one and he laughed and answered it.
My mum joined his team at sixty-three. He treated her exactly the same as the twenty-somethings.
These are stand-in quotes in the shape the real ones will take: a photo, first name, age, job title, and one thing that actually happened.