Read Closely. Very
Have you ever received an invitation to have lunch with a friend by email and emailed back that would be cool, see you there not at 11:15 AM but at 1:15 PM. And then received a confirmation email agreeing to the new time?
I have.
In fact it was today. 1:15 PM and here is where we will meet.
I ran an errand to the bank and then we were off to our lunch with friends.
Got to the restaurant, the parking lot was packed. I mean packed. But luckily for us there was a single handicapped spot left and I backed our van into the spot. Lowered the ramp and in we went.
We were 5 minutes early. Found a table and I went close to the front to wait for our friends.
I waited.
I waited a little more.
I waited and checked the time. 20 minutes had gone by so our friends should have been there by then.
I waited another 10 minutes, well past the appointed time, and decided I would check and check on what was going on. Made the call. So lucky to have a cell phone.
“Hello, this is _ ___ ________. I responded ” Hi, – - – -, Norm, where are you?” (I called his cell phone)
“Home”, he answered. “Were are you?”
“At the restaurant”, I noted “waiting for you guys”.
“It will be a long wait” he chuckled, ” Our lunch is tomorrow ! “
On returning home I looked at the email again. There are listings of times, but absolutely no mention of, today…tomorrow…or day.
I guess Karen and I just made the wrong assumption
At least we know what we’ll have for lunch tomorrow and with whom.
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So how was your lunch then today .. the 19th?
The lunch on the 18th was good, but not at the PB&C. We decided since we’d be really having lunch there Tuesday, the 19th, we didn’t want to eat there two days in a row.
The lunch on the 19th, at the PB&C was good and it was nice to see our friends and have lunch with them. Several of the employees of the PB&C recognized me and said, “You back again?” And I told them my story.