Okay, there’s this girl you’re very attracted to and you want to see what might happen, so you ask her out. She says yes and you decide to meet in her neighborhood for lunch. She tells you which train to take and which exit, but on the day of your date, you forget to take her phone number with you. You’re pretty sure you remember the info, so you get on the train with about 45 minutes to get there.
After you’ve been on the train for about 30 minutes, you realize you’re going in the direction opposite the one you wanted. You now have about 10 minutes to make the date, but it’s not going to happen. You get off and get back on the correct train, but now the train starts having problems and is barely moving and you have no way to call her. The date’s a wash.
But fortunately when you see her again she’s nice about it and she understands. You make a new date about a week later. This time you decide on a restaurant and tell her you’ll meet her there. You’re familiar with this place and there’s no problem getting there. But where is she? You wait and wait and wait. It’s colder than a New Year’s Eve breakup and your face feels like it’s going to freeze off, but she’s gotta be here any minute and you WILL be here this time. You endure the cold for about 45 minutes, but finally give up, completely puzzled. Did she blow you off?
When you see her again she says she was there, inside the restaurant, waiting. You’re sure you also looked inside the restaurant, but you also thought the two of you had agreed to meet outside. The two of you figure out that you were both at the right restaurant (all the landmarks and streets match) and you were both there for the same period of time (between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.), but how is it possible you didn’t see each other? You’re starting to have your doubts that she showed up at all, but she swears she was there (and, the fact is, she was). What the hell?
But you really like this woman and you’re certain the two of you would have a great time if you could just get this date thing together. She jokes that maybe you’re not fated to have a date, but you know that’s crap. Another week later, you tell her you’ll meet her at her job and go out after she’s done with work. This plan can’t miss. When you arrive and see her, she tells you she’s not quite ready to go yet, so you go back downstairs and stand in the lobby with your coat on, waiting. Then you notice a branch of your bank is right there, so you stop in for a quick transaction. You know you’ll be back in time. The quick transaction gets held up by a problem with your checking account and takes longer than you expected, but you hurry back to the lobby as soon as you can. You wait a few minutes, but she doesn’t show. A security guard tells you a woman matching her description was waiting there, but she gave up and left. No way! How is it possible that the two of you have failed once again to hook up? Unbelievable.
The next time you talk to her, she’s still nice about it, but tells you she’ll only make another date with you if you get a cell phone. Get a cell phone? Does she have a cell phone? It turns out she does, but you didn’t know it. You figure having a cell phone probably would solve the problem of missing each other, but a cell phone just isn’t in your budget. It’s not going to happen.
What do you do next?