Recently a woman went on the date of her life. Not in a good way, however. You see, at the end of the date, the guy asked for her car keys because he forgot his wallet and he took off with her car. Carjacked, robbed and stood up all on the same date. Isn't that something? It was the talk of all of the radio stations around here and the DJs asked for callers to give their best "worst date" story. That is when I remembered this:
Flash back about 6 years ago. I was headed out of town to a legal conference with my boss. You will remember him from here. Anyway, at these conferences, vendors would wine and dine us. This time was no exception. One of the vendors set up a dinner and conference at the House of Blues. Sounded like it would be a fantastic time. My boss thought it would be better if I had a date. I really didn't care one way or another, but didn't mind a little adventure. So he called an attorney who he knew in that city and arranged for one of his associates to accompany me to the dinner and a show. We talked before I headed out of town and he seemed normal enough. He was an attorney - meh, but other than that all was well.
On the night of the dinner, many of the attendees and the vendors knew about this setup so all I hoped is that it would not be awkward*. Soon enough he showed up, we found each other and proceeded on our "date." He was nice enough, average looking. During dinner we had some conversation, but mostly it was group conversation. It was a really nice dinner - steak, seafood, appetizers. I recall at the time the talk around the table was about The Passion of the Christ as it had just came out. My date was Jewish. However, I did not sense any uneasiness on his behalf.
Around 10:30 or so, we all headed down to see the concert. I grabbed us a table with some of the other attendees. Then my date said he had to go to the bathroom and would be right back. After he left, I turned to say something to one of the guys at the table when I realized:
...he took his jacket with him...
...to the bathroom...
that man was NOT coming back. I was flabbergasted. Heck, if he wanted to leave, all he had to do was say it was late, he had work, fake a phone call, yawn a lot, but to PRETEND to go to the bathroom never to return? This was an adult!
So I tell the guy at the table what I suspect to be true. Then the vendor host walks by and asks where my date is, so I tell her too. They assure me he will return. No. Nobody takes the coat with them to the bathroom.
He never returned.
I got stood up in the MIDDLE of the date. Classic.
The next day I told my boss who promptly asked what I had did to cause such a thing to occur. Right, because I totally deserved to be left in the House of Blues like that.
I stood my boss up for dinner that night.
What comes around goes around.
*Right now, B is reading this and saying OCKward. He thinks that is how I pronounce it. Now I insist on only pronouncing it with a British accent.
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omigod...how rude! he definatly could have done a better get a way... or maybe he had bad diarrhea and didn't wanna say anything??
Oh, that is bad! Who does that? That's horrible.
This is the most hysterical story ever. What a dork to leave and not say a word. I hope no one thought you really liked him or anything. That boss of yours should have minded his own business and never tried to set you up in the first place. It is all his fault.
Blaez - well, see, even if he had diarrhea, couldnt he have come up with some other excuse, even just "I am not feeling well"? Honestly, I would not have minded at all. As I said it was late and a weekday. And it wasn't like either of us was having an amazing time together anyway.
Deidre - I know, right? Craziness. And welcome :)
Jennifer - I crack up everytime I think of it. In fact, I remember laughing while I was there. I think people were just worried I would take it personally, which I didn't. I also blame my boss!
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