Tim and Joy’s parents are sticklers on the rules of etiquette for their children.
If Tim and Joy were walking across the yard, their parents would tell them to straighten up their heads and quit looking for Nichols.
If they were not sitting on the edge of their seats with their backs straight, their parents would push the siblings physically to the front of the seat and tell them to sit up straight. The other day, Tim and Joy were standing outside slumped over. Their parents yelled to them to sit up straight. Tim and Joy told them it was too hot, and they were dripping with sweat which was too exhausting to worry about posture. When their parents told them that people perspire, and animals sweat, they got angry. Tim and Joy told them that if they had really working air conditioning in the house, none of them would have to worry about dripping with sweat or perspiring. They could just turn up the thermostat and be happy like their friends. Their parents proceeded to tell them how ungrateful they were for everything they had and they needed to start being respectful young people. Tim and Joy have no clue how their parents always held their composure, but they did. They knew how much easier it would be to hold their composure and posture, if their parents had the air conditioning repaired. The air conditioning component broke down two weeks ago, but since they did not have the money to make the repairs immediately, they were going without AC. Tim and Joy can only hope that their dad got paid and had the air conditioning repaired before it was time for them to move out and have their own beach house with air conditioning.