Story Submitted by Peggy:
I arrived early at the restaurant where Ari was to meet me for our date. He called me and I picked up.
"Hey, Peg. I'm going to be an extra minute or two. You there yet?"
I replied, "Yes. I'll meet you here."
He said, "Cool, I just–AAAAAAAAAGH!" then the sound of a horrifying slam.
"Ari!" I shouted into the phone, "Are you okay?"
After a moment, he said, "I was just in an accident," then hung up.
I was stunned, and I wrote him a text: "Please let me know you're okay as soon as you can." I then left for home. What else could I do?
He called an hour later. I asked him, "What happened?"
He said, "Sorry, I was just driving and I–YAAAAAAAAAGH!" then another slam. He yelled, "Fuck! Another accident! I'll call you back." He hung up on me again. This time, I was pretty sure that he was playing me, and I didn't contact him, nor did I hear from him ever again.
More details are needed. What did this "slam" sound like? Broken glass? Dented fenders? Or just a car door?
ReplyDeleteEither OP experienced the weirdest brush-off, or a man died after being in two car crashes on the night he was supposed to date her.
Moral of the story, kiddos: Don't talk on the phone while driving....and a courtesy "you're really not dead, are you?" call is always nice.
^This.
ReplyDeleteAnd if it was really just a semi-creative attempt at weaseling out of a date, then I'm mildly amused. Honesty would have been better of course, but at least you know he's bad at that from the get-go.
Well if he's on his phone while he's driving, he deserves to have an accident. But otherwise I agree with Ari regarding "semi-creative attempt at weaseling out of a date"
ReplyDeleteHe said, "Cool, I just–AAAAAAAAAGH!" then the sound of a horrifying slam.
ReplyDeleteJust as I read that and was about to crack up, the phone rang at work, and I had to calm myself down to speak with a professor about a student matter. It took me about ten seconds to be able to say "Hello."