I spent four hours today with my estate lawyer inventorying the contents of my mother’s safe deposit box.

Four.freaking.hours. Lawyer said it was the most time she’d ever had to take with a safe deposit box.

And is there some rule that lawyers must explain things at least three times? I felt like yelling at her to STFU (around the 3 1/2 hour mark my patience began to wear very thin). Her wordiness costs me money, is that the idea?