I appreciate promptness...

I had been looking forward to meeting an old friend from college while on vacation at the Gulf Coast. After 5 years, this friend had the gall to show up to lunch 45 minutes late. Once seated, this friend talked on his phone for 5 minutes- no hello, no good to see you, nothing. The 30 minute lunch was, needless to say, rushed and somewhat awkward. We agreed to meet up later on that night. By 9:00, I assumed it was not going to happen. But, then, I got a phone call saying he was on his way and to meet him out front of the condo in 5 minutes. After 40 minutes of waiting for him to show, we gave up and went back up to the condo.

I am not upset with this person for acting incompotent and flaky. I am just disappointed because I had been looking forward to this reunion for a while now. Most people have the decency to blow people off with an excuse such as "I am too busy, maybe next time" or "I am going to be out of town." But no, this asshole had to be rude about it. That was a mistake on his part.

One thing that I have acquired with age is the ability to write people off without second thought, especially if they have done an injustice to me. My number one pet peeve is tardiness, especially if there is not phone call or apology. My second pet peeve is someone who does not show up. Again, this is only worsened by the lack of a phone call or apology. This is a double whammy in my book. I guess people do change... in this case, for the worse.