A MIDDLE-CLASS man thinks he has a rapport with the people building his house. 

51-year-old IT consultant Richard, not his real name from Sydney has been getting ‘matey’ with the two builders whom he knows only as ‘Brian’ and ‘Pete’. 

He said: “Even though we’re from different class backgrounds we’re just all lads together. 

“I work from home so every morning I’m like, ‘Alright lads’. To which they reply cheerily ‘Alright’. 

“Then I ask them about football, and they say some stuff about cement that I don’t understand. 

“I might offer them a ‘cuppa’. 

“They’re real men, very stocky. But they see me as one of the boys, even though I’ve got a corporate job and eat cereal bars. 

“I expect we’ll all go to the pub together soon, for some pints and banter about our wives.” 

Richard’s builder Pete Hobbs said: “Is he gay or something?”