There is nothing in the world more irritating than waiting for someone that promised to be at a certain place at a certain hour. And then allow a lot of time to pass before you know you are being stood up.
Manners have have gone to hell. Even Miss Manners seems to be in hiding and keeping her mouth shut these days. And even worse, I suspect that a certain young age group don’t even know what the word ‘manners’ means.
I am sick of hearing myself say- “When I was a child, etc.” one did not do such and such. Well, no one gives a diddleedang about what you did as a child or ever what you did yesterday.
I had an appointment with someone today for three thirty. It jostled my whole day- making sure I was ready and where i should be at the appointed time. Well, I waited, I fumed. Finally forty five minutes later a got a text saying they were tied up and would like to re-schedule. If I had been there where they were tied up, i would have added a cinder block and tossed them in the nearest New York harbor.
It makes you feel so small, so violated. It ruins your day and may make you ruin the day of others. I know my three cats sure didn’t understand why Daddy was yelling and shouting at them for wanting to get fed.
N.A.
N.A. Booko- Maybe not a cinder block- I have trouble lifting them at this point in my life.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:09:29 -0400
From: “N.A. Booko”
Subject: On Being Stood up . . .