DrapedInDarkness
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I live in a remote area and was taking the bus into town to get to work, after a few months my friend who also works in town slipped into the conversation that he would be happy to take me into town for half what I pay for the bus.
It's a friend and a saving so of course I said yes, but what he never said was that I would have to walk ten minutes to his house every morning and he would never ever be out at the time he set, 7.50, he is always 1-3 minutes late and would not vary his routine to help me, for example the bus stop is about 3 minutes from my work and he drops me off where he works and it takes me 12 minutes to walk to work and then slightly longer to walk back at the end of the day.
He also likes to book single days off and not weeks, so every couple of weeks he will tell me that he cannot take me in, take me back, or take me at all and I have to buy a bus pass for the day.
So even though some months have actually ended up costing more than the bus actually does I never complained about it, because you know its a friend.
Anyway this week I was feeling really sick and did not go into work on Monday or Tuesday.........but I forgot to text him and tell him I would not be there and at 7.55, five minutes after he usually leaves I get a text asking where I am, I reply very apologetically and receive a single word reply......f.....ker.
I think nothing more of it and go back to my medicated state of distance and on Tuesday evening he texts me are you going to meet me tomorrow or not?
I decide to call him and apologise yet again for not letting him know and tell him that yes I will be back at work (Need the money) and arrange to meet him.
I get there nice and early like always and we go off to work, there is clearly an atmosphere in the car so I apologise again and start a conversation and everything seems good, then just before we get there he tells me he has to drop somebody else off in the other direction so he won't be able to take me back.
This morning I get up and it is absolutely peeing down, I walk to our meeting place on the road outside his house thoroughly drenched, no car......I walk up to the parking area and no car.........getting slightly worried now I send a text asking where are you?......I walk home again and by this time I look like I've been swimming, and about 4-5 minutes after getting home I get as text by reply, I left at 7.50.
I was there at 7.50 and he was not, he is supposed to be my friend and knowing that.....
A - I'm currently fighting the worst cold I've ever had
B - It's peeing down
C - That by meeting with him I miss the bus and the next bus is in two hours
He left early and left me completely screwed, he has sent me three texts since then with not one apology and sticking rigidly to his story of leaving on time and not seeing me approaching at all.
Because of him, I lost three hours pay and had to pay for a bus ticket and he has not even had the tiniest inkling that he should say sorry
It's a friend and a saving so of course I said yes, but what he never said was that I would have to walk ten minutes to his house every morning and he would never ever be out at the time he set, 7.50, he is always 1-3 minutes late and would not vary his routine to help me, for example the bus stop is about 3 minutes from my work and he drops me off where he works and it takes me 12 minutes to walk to work and then slightly longer to walk back at the end of the day.
He also likes to book single days off and not weeks, so every couple of weeks he will tell me that he cannot take me in, take me back, or take me at all and I have to buy a bus pass for the day.
So even though some months have actually ended up costing more than the bus actually does I never complained about it, because you know its a friend.
Anyway this week I was feeling really sick and did not go into work on Monday or Tuesday.........but I forgot to text him and tell him I would not be there and at 7.55, five minutes after he usually leaves I get a text asking where I am, I reply very apologetically and receive a single word reply......f.....ker.
I think nothing more of it and go back to my medicated state of distance and on Tuesday evening he texts me are you going to meet me tomorrow or not?
I decide to call him and apologise yet again for not letting him know and tell him that yes I will be back at work (Need the money) and arrange to meet him.
I get there nice and early like always and we go off to work, there is clearly an atmosphere in the car so I apologise again and start a conversation and everything seems good, then just before we get there he tells me he has to drop somebody else off in the other direction so he won't be able to take me back.
This morning I get up and it is absolutely peeing down, I walk to our meeting place on the road outside his house thoroughly drenched, no car......I walk up to the parking area and no car.........getting slightly worried now I send a text asking where are you?......I walk home again and by this time I look like I've been swimming, and about 4-5 minutes after getting home I get as text by reply, I left at 7.50.
I was there at 7.50 and he was not, he is supposed to be my friend and knowing that.....
A - I'm currently fighting the worst cold I've ever had
B - It's peeing down
C - That by meeting with him I miss the bus and the next bus is in two hours
He left early and left me completely screwed, he has sent me three texts since then with not one apology and sticking rigidly to his story of leaving on time and not seeing me approaching at all.
Because of him, I lost three hours pay and had to pay for a bus ticket and he has not even had the tiniest inkling that he should say sorry