1 Hour And Forty Five Minutes Late--And Still Not Showered

The amount of people out there that have a blatant disregard for time never ceases to amaze me. I'm not just talking dates here, I'm talking friends, people that I've done business with, planes, boats, you name it...more than half of this world is tardy on a regular basis....drives me bananas.

This one date redefined the word 'tardy'. If I weren't so far from home and had made the effort to get there I would have left a lot sooner than I did. Besides, he kept calling in with an update on his arrival time so it was a little like stringing me along, at least enough where I would have thought that if I up and left then it would have been rude.

The kicker of the whole thing is, if you didn't catch this from the title, he showed up that late and still felt the need to tell me he didn't have time to shower!!

I'm sorry, let's pause here...no time to shower? Has this happened to anyone heading out to a first date before? Maybe it's just me...I'm thinking maybe no time to get your hair done like you wanted to, or do that intense workout you swore would make you look 3 lbs. lighter like you thought you would...no time to grab a light bite so in the event he wasn't thinking dinner you don't pass out at the bar due to starvation. I mean there's lots of things you simply run out of hours to accomplish on a busy day prior to a date. But showering? I'm going to go ahead and rearrange Maslow's hierarchy of needs to include that...that's right, right along with food, shelter, clothing, showering. It's a basic human requirement. Unless of course, you're Tricia's date apparently. If cleanliness if Godliness this man knew of no God.

I managed to make it through another drink (I couldn't have much more for crying out loud I had had two while I waited for him to get his shit together and show up) and then said goodnight....I needed to go home and shower after all.