[And he is contractually obligated to be annoyed at him for it!]

At some point, try something for me. Go somewhere quiet, so quiet you can't even hear the birds, and plug your ears. Take that bandanna of yours and fasten it over your eyes. Lie still for a while.

Five minutes of that should be enough to show you what I'm talking about. I can't take away your ability to feel, but that's close enough.