Yes, Alan.
It's a real marriage-breaker! I think it's because normally we don't get the chance to 'chew the fat' about our work.
Our customers might ask how business is going, but when you start getting excited, telling them all about the 'new account' or the 'wfp plan', just watch their eyes glaze over!
Even Wor Lass, whose a window cleaner, just wants winding-up, pointing the right direction and off she goes with her squeegie. If I talk to her about it she starts yawning!