There is a problem – it’s technical and T doesn’t do technical that is P’s responsibility. T and I work from home, T does the admin on the computer and I am the creative one. T doesn’t always appreciate my creativity and that sometimes I get my best ideas when out on a walk. This means I need lots of walks throughout the day, barking and playing also help the creative juices flow. I can’t do this alone (I’d go for a walk by myself but T would object) so T has to assist.

But back to the technical problem. P has spent a lot of time sitting at the computer and tapping away – he tells T that he has tried all sorts of things but nothing is working. He would tear his hair out if he had any. T just stands there looking expectant while P goes into long explanations of what he could try next. Even she knows better than to offer solutions, T has no idea how to use her mobile phone let alone the TV remote. She doesn’t switch her mobile phone on and the last time she did she had to ask P what to do – I am not exaggerating. If we are home alone and watching TV I keep my paws crossed that nothing goes wrong because if it does T is stuck. She presses all the buttons and then gives up. P has to sort out the mess, he has given up asking her what she has done as T has no idea.

P decided to ring a helpdesk, he had to answer all sorts of questions and give numbers which were on the computer. This was a challenge to P as he had to crawl under the desk and then he couldn’t read the number as it was too small. P started to panic and called T but she couldn’t read it either and all the time there was someone waiting on the phone. T had to rush to get her glasses and manoeuvre herself under the desk but she managed to read the number and P who had been continually apologising to the person on the phone finally got some advice. Didn’t seem to help much, P still didn’t know what was wrong.

T left P to it, thought I might get a walk but no – another opportunity wasted to be creative. Eventually, P appears looking triumphant, he has solved the problem, T declares him a genius (I think that is taking things a bit far). Suddenly all is well and the house is calm, P can go and watch some rugby happy in the knowledge that he is a techno wiz and T can get on with her work which keeps her out of his way.

P has never really said what was wrong or how it happened, bet it was something T had done but P is too scared to say. A small price to pay for a quiet life and he’ll know what to do next time it happens – well maybe.