Intro2 Someone's Lying, But It's Not Me

" I am not scheduling my life around you! When you figure it out, let me know."

This is what Roommate 1, who shall henceforth be called Le-mure, said to me when I inquired about the internet not being set up once I had moved in.

In order to grasp the full triflinility (UBER TRIFLING) of the situation, we must back track.

During Red Flags, we discussed at some point, how the internet situation was going to work. Le-mure offered (key word) that since he had an account with RCN he could give them a call (badabing), they'd come out (badaboom), and when I moved in I.N.T.E.R.N.E.T. W.E.B. --do you know what that means-- so I could get Jiggy from day one.

So when I moved in ...16 days after the lease started, and twas no internet, I realized that this rooming situation might be a tad bit rough. When I got settled in, I knocked on Le-mure's door to inquire about getting the internet set up. I could have easily gotten the internet in my name, but I believe in letting others be accountable for themselves and allowing people to follow-up and follow-through.

"Hi Le-mure! I just got off work and I wanted to quickly touch base with you about getting the internet set up. " "Ok." "Yeah, so when do you think you can give them a call to come out and set up. " "I am not scheduling my life around you! When you figure it out, let me know." "...Let you know?" He said, "yes, let me know when you're off and we can go from there."

"Since you guys are usually here during the day, and I just need it set up as asap. Would you mind since I don't need to be here, you ca --" "I just said that I'm not scheduling my life around you. You need to let me know when you're off and we can go from there." I walked away defeated.

Next day on Thursday (when work schedules come out), I knocked on Lemur's door. "Who is it?" "Lateef." "What do you need?" "I just wanted to talk to you about getting the internet set up." "Get the internet set up? --still talking through the door -- So you know when you're free because we're not going to schedule our lives around you." "Yes... ... could I speak to you"

::opens door:: "so what day?" "I'm off Tuesday, but if you could get that taken care of any earlier that would be fantastic because I need it for work, and just because I don't have a tv." "Yeah, I'll let you know."

::45 min past, knock on my door:: I respond by opening it:: "Hi, What's up?" In a very low spoken controlled voice, he goes, " I just wanted to let you know that I called them and they said Tuesday was no good. They are backed up and won't be able to do it until Friday. " " Oh ok, I can take off work. Yeah I can do that." I was lying, I was already off Friday but wanted to make it seem urgent.

I asked him what time, and he looked at me for the first time during that conversation. He goes, "11." "11?" "11." "11 to?" "11 to? two? two." "Ok, I will be here from 11 to 2 on Friday, Thanks."

... to be continued