The situation: I arrive at a house in a strange neighborhood. I am there to meet the landlady and look at the house. The time is 930am. There is already another person sitting on the steps, I assume this is my future housemate. We introduce ourselves and wait a little longer. The future housemate says that he needs to see her soon because he has other places to be. I decide to call her.
The way I see it, the conversation could have panned out in two ways.
The good way:
SP: Hi LL, I just wanted to confirm with you our meeting time today.
LL: Oh yes, we're still on today at 9:30pm.
SP: Ohhhh, ok, that sounds great. I'm with one of the other guys right now and he has to leave earlier than that...is there any way you can come by earlier?
LL: Hmmm, I can't, but my mom can be there at 1. I'll still see you at 930.
SP: Ok that works. See you then.
The bad way:
SP: Hi LL, weren't we supposed to meet at 9:30?
LL: Ummmmm but you said 930pm! I distinctly remember you saying 930 tonight, after you get off of class.
SP: ummm oh, hmmm.... yeah, now I remember
LL: Ok then, so are you there right now?
SP: errrr yes.
LL: *sighs, well I can't be there! I have work until evening! I thought we talked about this!
SP: *changes to speaker phone and hands it off to the future housemate...
Guess which way I took?
Option 2? I wanna hear about this!
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