"You are wrong again!"

[ no response ]

"I told you yesterday and last week that this is not what I expect!" raising my voice even louder.

[ still no response ]

"Look, I thought we had an understanding.  You are really disappointing me, and we may need to make a change.  And, it's not going to be pretty!"

[ silence ]

Suddenly, I hear my wife's voice from the adjacent room.

"Are you yelling at the bathroom scale again?"