May 31, 2007I Guess That’s Okay

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A vendor who was in town from out of state asked to meet with me. I was busy working on my new website and suggested 3:30 would work best for me. He replied,

- I guess that’s okay.

Only after we met for an hour did I discover he was driving back to Nebraska after our meeting – and would get home after mid-night. I had assumed he was staying in town, and would have arranged to meet with him earlier had I known the time was inconvenient.

It would have worked better had he said,

  • If that’s the best time for you, I can delay my trip back a few hours.

That way I would have considered whether to adjust to his schedule or still ask him to adjust to mine.

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