A Funny Thing Happened Today

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Ever miss an appointment because you shut off your alarm and fell back asleep? I tend to do that. It happened this morning. I woke up at about 10:10am. This was about two hours and 10 minutes after my scheduled appointment (in which I was supposed to be the service provider). Needless to say, I looked at the alarm clock and jumped out of bed with an audible "Oh shit."

What do you do when that happens? Do you just say screw it and hope for the best? Or do you attack the situation and try to make it work in your favor? Well, after about 10 seconds of contemplation, I decided that the best course of action was to attack and create a very plausible excuse. How else? Google.com, that's how. I searched for "excuses for missing appointment". It was a concise and accurate search, but wielded few viable reasons for missing an appointment. Very disappointed, I shut off the computer and contemplated my next move.

I went downstairs to the telephone. I saw the little blinking number "1" on the answering machine. Reluctantly, I pressed the play button and waited for the nails on the chalkboard to wake me up. Just as I assumed, it was The Boss. "Jay, this is (Boss). (Individual) and I are waiting for you. Call when you get a chance."

Shit. Again, I could blow off the situation or try my best to fix it. So I called Boss. Boss says, "Individual said that their power went out last night because of the storms and thought that perhaps yours went out as well." Perfect. What better an excuse? I could at least be half-honest. I called Individual. I told Individual about how "My power went out and when I woke up my alarm clock was blinking."

They say everything happens for a reason. For a few hours of extra sleep, I won't argue.