Sunday, February 05, 2006

'I don't need ambulance!'

I made plans last week to meet a woman for coffee. About 5 minutes before we were to meet she sends me a text message saying that she just fell and broke her leg and that she couldn't meet me. This seemed a little odd so I texted her back saying that I had called the authorities and sent an ambulance to the last address registered to her cell phone number. She texts back saying she doesn't need an ambulance!!! (her exclamation points) I text back asking to confirm that she is home alone with a major appendage fractured yet she doesn't need medical help? She texts back saying that she is staying in a guest house and that she and another tennant will walk to the hospital. I text, walk? did you break your arm or your leg? There is a pregnant pause and she texts, leg. I text back saying that you can't cancel an ambulance once you order one and that when the ambulance guys show up at her place she should explain to them why she is sitting there with a broken leg but doesn't need help from the ambulance attendants at her door. She texts back, I don't need ambulance!!! I give it a minute then text back that she should say her grandmother died or that she just can't make it when she is breaking coffee plans with someone because claiming to be home alone with a broken leg might send some people into a panic. And that was that for my coffee plans.