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It was three years ago. We were flying down to Melbourne on a Saturday for a night game. He has his own auto spare parts business and closes at 11.30 on Saturdays. The plane was due to leave at 1.00. Knowing that he often stays open longer than 11.30 I went around to his business at 11.15 to make sure he finished up then and there. I was going to follow him around to his house, leave his car at his house and drive my car to the airport. I had his bag in my car so all he had to do was drop his car off, hop in my car and straight to the airport.
When I got to his business at 11.15 he showed no signs of beginning to close up. I had to really push him to close up. I managed to get him out the door and into his car at 11.35. As I was driving off to his house I look in my rear vision mirror and he is hopping out of his car and going back into his shop. I wound down the window and yelled out, "What the **** are you doing?" He replies that he forgot to do something and goes back inside. I am sitting in the car starting to feel a bit frantic. About ten minutes later he comes back out and hops in his car. We drive to his place. I get out of my car and tell him to just hop in my car and let's go. He tells me that he needs to do something at home. So I tell him that he has five minutes. I sit in the car going out of my mind. Well, he takes about fifteen minutes. I have no idea what he was doing. When I asked him on the airport he just said that he needed to check on some stuff. So we leave his house about 12.15.
It takes about fifteen minutes to drive to the airport and the plane is leaving at 1. I am one of those people who like to be early to everywhere. I am usually at the airport one or two hours before departure. So I am almost having a nervous breakdown. . He grew up in this town and likes to think that he knows everybody. He is saying, "Don't worry. The people at the airport know me." I tell him that I don't give a **** who he knows because the airlines have a 30 minute prior check in policy. We arrive at the airport. I madly park my car, jump out, toss him the keys and tell him to bring the bags. Lucky we only had carry on bags. I run into the airport and up to the counter. The woman tells me that I only just made it. It turns out that she actually does know my mate and laughs as she sees him walking up behind me.
When I got to his business at 11.15 he showed no signs of beginning to close up. I had to really push him to close up. I managed to get him out the door and into his car at 11.35. As I was driving off to his house I look in my rear vision mirror and he is hopping out of his car and going back into his shop. I wound down the window and yelled out, "What the **** are you doing?" He replies that he forgot to do something and goes back inside. I am sitting in the car starting to feel a bit frantic. About ten minutes later he comes back out and hops in his car. We drive to his place. I get out of my car and tell him to just hop in my car and let's go. He tells me that he needs to do something at home. So I tell him that he has five minutes. I sit in the car going out of my mind. Well, he takes about fifteen minutes. I have no idea what he was doing. When I asked him on the airport he just said that he needed to check on some stuff. So we leave his house about 12.15.
It takes about fifteen minutes to drive to the airport and the plane is leaving at 1. I am one of those people who like to be early to everywhere. I am usually at the airport one or two hours before departure. So I am almost having a nervous breakdown. . He grew up in this town and likes to think that he knows everybody. He is saying, "Don't worry. The people at the airport know me." I tell him that I don't give a **** who he knows because the airlines have a 30 minute prior check in policy. We arrive at the airport. I madly park my car, jump out, toss him the keys and tell him to bring the bags. Lucky we only had carry on bags. I run into the airport and up to the counter. The woman tells me that I only just made it. It turns out that she actually does know my mate and laughs as she sees him walking up behind me.
