I’d be lying if I pretended that this was too much more than an indictment on the better part of the mobile-phone-using public (everyone), who seem to have forgotten what it means to make and keep plans. Anyway…
Really, Buddy Who Was Supposed To Meet Us At The Restaurant Last Night?
We just made these plans earlier that day. Certainly if they were to be canceled or changed, I’d have told you. You called me, and I didn’t answer–about 45 minutes before our prescribed meeting time, mind you–and you just drove the half-hour home, without any intention of coming back out.
Is there a good reason (there isn’t) that you couldn’t just do as we had planned to do, not six hours before? In the days before mobile phones, people made plans and then stuck with them. You didn’t have to call or text someone every seven minutes to make sure the plans were still on, because you assumed they would be, since they were, you know, agreed upon at some point, and if they were off, you’d be notified, and if you weren’t, it wasn’t that big of a deal anyway. As it wouldn’t have been in this case. Especially since the plans went forth as discussed, without a hitch (except for your failure to show).
Good one. Of course, by “good one,” I mean “Really?”
