That time you first recognised something 'off' about someone

It might be something you didn't think much of at the time, or pretended not to notice, but there's always that first moment you remember with someone who later turned out to be odd.

For me, it was when my guitar teacher once spared 10 minutes to help me out buying my first amp. Afterwards when we were about to start the guitar lesson, I thanked him for it. He replied by saying "well if I help someone out then maybe the big guy upstairs will return good fortune to me". I didn't think much of it at the time, but that comment made so much sense with what unfolded with that guy later on.

This teacher was going through a mid live crisis and had set his sights on an unrealistic goal. He wanted it too much. He was working really hard towards it but he had no plan B. As a result of his philosophy for striving towards this goal, he bought into this idea of helping others. Only thing was at times he was a bit too eager to do things slightly crazy in order to be able to tick the box of having 'helped' someone when it wasn't asked for. He ended up falling out with a few people.

During one guitar lesson a few weeks later, he had been talking for too long at the start. It was about 15 minutes in to the lesson. He was trying to give me advice as regards an issue in my own life which had previously made the mistake of sharing with him. He was in over his depth with the subject matter and I eventually reminded him that I was there for a guitar lesson, and that he wasn't my mentor. But he somehow thought he was doing me a favour waffling on. He persisted and said "just this last point". I then made reference to how I shouldn't have to pay for a full lesson if I were to let him continue. That touched a nerve and he ended up kicking me out! All I'm saying is that when he made that comment after I bought the amp, it sort of gave me the impression that he wouldn't have spared me that time if he hadn't happened to have been going through his mid life crisis.