Somewhere to Sit

I am dog sitting and, of course, the dog is now broken and we had to take it to the vet. Yesterday they gave her a shot and said to come back tomorrow. We went back today and they gave her another shot and told us that she would need and X-ray for her leg. They called someone and it was obvious that they could not get a hold of whoever it was. They conferred on who had what number for this person, called again and then told us to 'have a seat'. Well, we've been here long enough to know to NEVER sit down when you're told to have a seat so I asked them what the plan was. They said that they couldn't find the X-ray technician but that it was no problem, we could wait in those chairs right over there. When I asked them how long it would be they said 'maybe after tomorrow, maybe after the A9ed'. Well, the A9ed is this weekend and won't be over until Sunday or maybe Monday (another one of those 'you never know when it will be' holidays). We told them we would come back and politely took our leave. What I should have said is 'you are kidding. I have been searching for somewhere to sit for the next week and you're saying that I can sit here?!? What a coincidence! This is just great, thank you!!'

If we hadn't asked we would have been sitting there all day until they closed and, even then, they probably wouldn't have told us that it wasn't going to happen today. This is one of the most ridiculous things about this culture that I will NEVER accept. If they know it is something you probably don't want to hear they just don't tell you. Instead they talk around the subject or they'll just flat out lie to you. I'm surprised that they even told us it would take a while when we asked. Normally they would say 'oh, after one hour. It is no problem.'

Kind of like the cooler repair man. He came last Monday and said he would be back early Tuesday. He never came back, ever. Finally we called his boss on Saturday morning and he assured us that he would come 'after one hour'. Stupid us, we waited around. He showed up today while we were at the vet. The guard let him in but he didn't fix a thing. Wonderful.