Why didn’t he say?

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I have ‘won’ an item of furniture on Ebay and I need to go and collect it. I asked, earlier in the week, if I could go today and the seller said yes. This morning I got some work done then emailed to ask if it was OK to come mid-afternoon, and the seller said yes, but not before 2 pm as he would be in a meeting. So of course I started doing some other things. Those took a bit longer than they should so at about 2:10 pm I sent him a text to say I was finishing off some work and then I would set off. That’s when he said “I have to leave at 2:30 pm”. Why didn’t he say that in the first place? He could easily have said “Please come between 2 and 2:30” or just said he would be busy until 2 but then had to leave half an hour later. When he said after 2 pm I took that to mean any time in the afternoon after 2 pm. I’ve asked when would be a suitable time to come instead but no reply so far. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.