Wanted: Bilingual Comedian

Jamie and I were in the middle of a visit, when we were interrupted by a knock at the door. It was the maintenance man of the apartments where the family lived. He had come to fix the kitchen sink faucet. He proceeded to the kitchen while "joking" with the older sibling, 3 year old Oliver, telling him that he was the one who needed to fix it. In his effort to be funny, the maintenance man was loud and very demonstrative. But he forgot that this kid could not understand anything that he was saying. Before I could translate everything, Oliver was sobbing. He thought the man was accusing him of breaking it! Jamie was sitting next to him and held him until he stopped crying. Meanwhile the mom and myself kept trying to console him telling him that the man was only joking. By the time this maintenance man went out the door, there was one kid sobbing and three adults teary eyed, all the results of a bad comedy act. --Daniabelle