Five to Ten
I was supposed to meet my friend at a predetermined place yesterday. We decided on the phone that we'll meet at a particular time.
"So I'll see you there at 1:30?" I asked her.
"No, I'm terribly sorry, you don't know how long it takes me to get my hair in order and them I really need to choose my accessories carefully and then if I can't find the handbag, it'll take me twenty more minutes and then the traffic... let's just say I'm pathetic at keeping up to my appointments and I'm crap and I'm just not very concerned about time."
That is what the nice sounding voice on the other end of the phone should have said.
But does she? NO!
She told me she'll be there and when I called up an hour after the meeting time to ask her whether she's in some life or death situation so that she can't even call me to tell me she is late, I hear that sick, immortal phrase...
"I'll be there in five to ten minutes."
Instantly I know it's a lie. "Five to ten"?
Okay, I swallow my irritation and instead of pointing out that she has a problem with time keeping and has already not been true to her word, I hang up.
Five minutes happen, ten minutes pass, fifteen past I wonder why I am doing this and between visions of my doing things to her which would get a PG or an A rating (for violence, silly. What did YOU think? God! You're all alike.) she arrives.
Can't say what happened after that 'cos I want my blog to be read by kids too. But the next time you hear someone saying "I'll be there in five to ten minutes" do not believe them. Take it as seriously as a man saying "No, of course you don't look fat in that." It's pretty much up there with great untruths like "I'll pay the rent by tomorrow, honest" or "Prakash! What have you done to your hair?! No, no... of course it looks fabulous that way" or "Aloque is smarter than Aran."
Moral of the story: Don't believe the "five to ten" people.
"So I'll see you there at 1:30?" I asked her.
"No, I'm terribly sorry, you don't know how long it takes me to get my hair in order and them I really need to choose my accessories carefully and then if I can't find the handbag, it'll take me twenty more minutes and then the traffic... let's just say I'm pathetic at keeping up to my appointments and I'm crap and I'm just not very concerned about time."
That is what the nice sounding voice on the other end of the phone should have said.
But does she? NO!
She told me she'll be there and when I called up an hour after the meeting time to ask her whether she's in some life or death situation so that she can't even call me to tell me she is late, I hear that sick, immortal phrase...
"I'll be there in five to ten minutes."
Instantly I know it's a lie. "Five to ten"?
Okay, I swallow my irritation and instead of pointing out that she has a problem with time keeping and has already not been true to her word, I hang up.
Five minutes happen, ten minutes pass, fifteen past I wonder why I am doing this and between visions of my doing things to her which would get a PG or an A rating (for violence, silly. What did YOU think? God! You're all alike.) she arrives.
Can't say what happened after that 'cos I want my blog to be read by kids too. But the next time you hear someone saying "I'll be there in five to ten minutes" do not believe them. Take it as seriously as a man saying "No, of course you don't look fat in that." It's pretty much up there with great untruths like "I'll pay the rent by tomorrow, honest" or "Prakash! What have you done to your hair?! No, no... of course it looks fabulous that way" or "Aloque is smarter than Aran."
Moral of the story: Don't believe the "five to ten" people.
posted by Aran at 6:33 AM
4 Comments:
whoa!! low blow. repeat it a few more times so you can believe it.
someone said something about selective ignorance!
[Posted by aloque on Sunday May 23, 2004 at 5:40 pm]
Hee hee. I'm just playing. Honest. ;)
[Posted by Aran on Monday May 24, 2004 at 9:50 am]
I looove u goils for this...
way back in the day, there was a poor lass who waited over 2 hours for her prince. The dumbass prince didnt realise what an absolutely fab thing that was for her to do...he does now tho'.
Now, HE waits.
[Posted by Neurotron on Monday May 24, 2004 at 10:43 am]
Neurotron, At last I see a happy ending in a real life fairy tale. :D
[Posted by Aran on Monday May 24, 2004 at 2:09 pm]
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