Walk on eggshells

OK, technically, these guys are eggs. After you walk on them, however, let’s say it won’t be pretty.

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Phrase: Walk on eggshells

There are times when the direct approach is best, and there are other times when we need to walk on eggshells.

I don’t know if you’ve ever come into contact with a quick-tempered person, but I have.

Dealing with them was just a pain in the B-U-T-T.

Other people I worked with, and I had to be careful about what we said around them.

They were like a bomb with a hair trigger.

The slightest thing could set them off.

I was working in a construction company at the time.

This guy was a big guy, not somebody you wanted to mess with.

Aside from the fact that he had a short temper, he was a racist and hated religion.

He was a nice person not to be around. (Did you get my joke?)

Nobody wanted to deal with this guy.

Everybody walked on eggshells when he was around.

When you walk on eggshells, you are cautious about what you say and what you do.

Nobody wanted to listen to his overreaction to the slightest thing.

For example, you could not talk about politics with this guy.

It wasn’t a conversation.

He would rant and complain about all politicians in general and speak over everyone’s head.

He also intensely disliked French, French-speaking people and the Montreal Canadiens.

The Montreal Canadiens are an NHL ice hockey team in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where most people speak French.

Therefore, you could not mention hockey around him.

If you did, he would swear a blue streak and not stop until he decided to quit.

Whenever he was around, everyone would walk on eggshells.

It’s not because we were afraid of him.

It was because no one wanted to listen to him.

His constant complaining and negativity would make you tired.

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