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Good Intentions
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2021 (message contributor)
In our younger days, my husband and I sign up for a “boot camp” fitness class. This class costs $300 per person for ten classes. At the start of the first class, our instructor. Tara, does a quick roll-call. She frowns and comments:
“Hmm, Susie isn’t here. That’s a shame; attending the first class is pretty crucial, because I go over some important techniques. Oh, well. I’ll call her later and see what happened.”
At the start of the second class, Susie is once again a no-show. Someone asks Tara, our instructor, if she’d gotten hold of her. Tara said,“ Oh, yeah. She told me that she got super busy and was unable to make that first class, but she swore she’d be here today. I reminded her that she’d spent $300 and asked if another class time would fit her schedule better, but she said no.”
Third class, still no Susie. Fourth class, ditto. And so it went. She never did show up, despite Tara bending over backward to try to accommodate her. Susie always had an excuse:“ I got busy,” “I forgot,” “I got stuck in traffic,” etc.
As for my husband and me, we enjoyed the class so much, we signed up again for the next session. So did Susie. And you can probably guess what happened.
I guess some folks just have money to burn! [edited, I suppled fictitious names; story from: notalwaysright.com].
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