living too close
The following conversations happened within a 5 min time frame:
person 1: would you like a lift home Wendy?
wendy: thanks for asking, I just live around the corner, I’ll walk
person 2: Wendy, can I give you a lift home?
wendy: thanks, its so lovelly out and I live so near that I’d like to walk
while walking home a convertible car with the top down and an Oakly sunglasses-wearing driver curb crawls by me
person 3: can I give you a lift anywhere wendy
wendy: thanks for offering, its such a lovely day and I only live round the corner so I’ll walk
There are clear signs that my social life would improve if I lived further away or accepted lifts for distances of less than 500 yards on a sunny day.
March 18th, 2009
“Can I give you a lift anywhere…”
And I thought I was slow!
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March 18th, 2009
Maybe they were trying to suggest something else? Kevin has a point.
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March 19th, 2009
But would your social life improve…? In accepting a lift, you may have to put up with someone who plays Simply Red CDs in their car, and then you would end up never speaking to them again.
I have something of the opposite problem; people who want the 6-mile shift (usually out of my route). Whilst I’m not a vindictive person, I do find that keeping a copy of Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” does ensure I don’t get repetitive failures…
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