8.24.2010

The Day Off Debacle

Like I frequently do, I invited Ben to lunch the other afternoon (a weekday). For someone who works from home, he certainly has a lot of excuses to not meet. Monday I was greeted with the following respons "I can't. I'm going to the Y, taking the afternoon off to take a nap, and I THINK the eye doctor. " Now I'm used to dealing with odd responses from Ben, but this one I had to clarify further.

"So you're taking the entire afternoon off for a nap? Why not meet me for lunch and then you can waste your afternoon however you want" His response "I can't eat tacos before the Y". Rather than waste MY day arguing with him, I made plans with my roommate and went to lunch. It wasn't until later that I realized the full absurdity of his day.

When you have steady jobs like we do, you typically have decent health insurance. This health insurance typically allows you to have doctors with whom you make appointments, not walk in like commoners. After some digging I found even more gold in this situation. So Ben doesn't have an optomitrist and was planning on showing up at Lens Crafters and waiting for an opening (someone who can never wait for me for anything). On top of this, he apparently hated talking on the phone so much that he had Kelsey (also at work at HER job, which is not her house) call three Lens Crafters to find him an appointment. WTF is with this guy?