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01-24-2006 06:01 PM |
Overheard
Sort of poll:
You hook up with someone one night and go to that person's place. The next morning, you leave and go to breakfast. When you are finishing eating, you reach for money to pay the bill (obviously, you are at a real restaurant and having a somewhat leisurely meal) and discover that you left your wallet/purse at the hook-up's house. But you somehow remembered your cell phone. What do you do?
A friend saw/overheard this over the weekend when she was out to breakfast -- the guy at the next table called the person with whom he had hooked up, and the conversation on his end basically went like this: "Hi, it's __________. . . . Um, yeah, it was nice. . . . Yeah. . . . . Yeah. Well, yeah, I have a really hectic morning, really busy, had to go. So, um, I think I left my wallet at your place. . . . . maybe on the dresser . . . oh, good! Is there, like, any way you could bring it to me? I'm kind of at a restaurant and need to pay . . . . it's called [totally mispronounces name of restaurant]. It's on [Santa Monica or some other street where saying the name is unhelpful without a cross street] and, ummmmmmmmmmmm [guy at nearby table says "[Santa Monica] and blah blah!"] oh, yeah, blahblah is the cross street . . . OK, yeah, that'd be great. Thanks so much."
My bad friend did not hang around to see who showed up (if anyone).
I think I probably would have called a friend and then called to pick up the wallet later in the day. Because, jeez, clearly his morning is not that busy if he's sitting at a cafe eating breakfast. And you don't want to piss off the person who has the wallet in her/his possession.
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