Monday, June 17, 2013

The date that will probably end with 84 years of bad luck.

"I know," my prospective date was saying. "Let's go on a road trip!"

We'd spent an hour on the phone and seemed to be getting along.

"I need to get a special shelves but it's only at a Walmart in Norfolk, I just checked," he said. "Let's go tomorrow."

"I can't go tomorrow," I said. "I won't be free until... I dunno, maybe next weekend?"

"Oh, alright." He sighed disappointedly.

A day passes and he emails me. We're still in the getting-to-know-you stage. I mean, it's been 24 hours but I need at LEAST one more day before my serial killer assessment test results come back.

"What kind of car do you have?"

I reply, confused, "an older sedan, why?"

"Oh because I was wondering if they would fit. Do the seats fold down? They're huge. I don't have a car so we'll have to take yours."

Wait, you're not pushing to spend 6 hours with me because of my awesome & captivating personality but because I happen to have wheels??

I balk. He calls. "I found a backup plan. There are these other reflective glass shelves at a Walmart near you. Can you pick them up for me when you get a chance? I need twelve."

Do you have ANY IDEA how much of a pain in the ass it is to set FOOT into an Walmart? And THAT MANY of those monsters, will they even fit into my back seat or will I just get 84 years of terrible luck for trying??

I hate dating.

5 comments:

  1. I promise I wont ask you to haul anything for me. BTW, advise your new suitor that he can RENT a fully size pickup from Uhaul for a low, low price of $25/day + mileage.

    Sheesh, I'd be embarrassed to death to even ask you to do that without first exhausting ALL other options!

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  2. What's next? "Can you help me move into my new fourth floor walk-up?" 11

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  3. Um, there's this thing called Zip Car. I suggest he look into it. I can't get over people who unabashedly try to use people, even people they don't even really know.

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  4. Oh, he's a keeper all right. *rolls eyes* I'm not even sure I'd bother saying "No" before I hung up.

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  5. Hey wait, while you're at the Walmart in Norfolk can you pick me up a new credenza? Just swing it by my place in Jersey on the way back.

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