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[kamianya]

So, some of you may remember how when planning the karaoke thing I was so sure something was going to go wrong.
Tonight's dinner is a perfect example of why. I tried to plan this so there'd be plenty of time for people to clear schedules and get back to me if something went wrong so we could reschedule.
Last night we found out my friend Marnina couldn't come, since her brother has a piano recital she didn't know was tonight. Great, that was one person, and someone else got invited. I had lunch with her and two others instead.
But now at 6:20 the person who was gonna drive us called to say she couldn't. This is about 25 minutes before she should have started driving. I'm really glad we invited the one more person, because otherwise we'd be down to 3 and it might not be quite worth it. But things like this happen all the time when I try to plan. last minute cancelations, last minute.
Well, time to go pick my friend up. Write more later.

Comments

[blalien.livejournal.com]

Did you friend cancel 25 minutes beforehand because of an emergency, something she couldn't have known about in advance? If not, your friend's a jerk. Get a new one.

If people like her are the reason your plans keep falling through, then I think you're doing fine. You don't deserve to put up with people who think nothing of screwing up your night.

[tovaks.livejournal.com]

Things like this happen to everybody. Maybe plan events more often to rack up a different statistical bend?

[kamianya.livejournal.com]

Well, the karaoke thing worked well, so I plan to try to put together at least one thing a semester now, so...
I hope I can put together one you can get to.

[tovaks.livejournal.com]

You didn't invite me to the last one, dear, or I'd have come! ;)

[emp42ress.livejournal.com]

Well, with the karaoke thing you had the advantage of numbers. Events with small numbers of people are more likely to fail because if a few people back out it can break the plan. When you hit 10-12 people or more, it is rare for enough people to cancel at the last minute for it to be a problem.