Last Friday I received a call from my buddy Neil that went something like this:
Me: Hello.
Neil: What up G?
Me: Just eating dinner with my cousin. What’s going on?
Neil: We’re going to McFadden’s. You coming?
Me: For sure. What time?
Neil: 10:00ish. I’ll call you when we leave.
Since I knew that Neil was with a bunch of girls I didn’t think we’d really be heading up there at 10:00 and after I got finished eating dinner with my cousin I headed over to my neighbors’ house to hang out with them. Much to my surprise Neil promptly called me at 10:00 and said they were already on the interstate going up there. Stunned that they had left on time I said adieu to my neighbors and began my journey to Nashville.
Not one to really be late to things, I kind of rushed on my way into town. After I had parked, paid my cover, and walked around the bar realizing they weren’t even there I wished that I hadn’t.
I whipped out my phone and dialed Neil.
Me: Dude. Where are you?
Neil: We’re leaving Dan McGuiness now. We think we’re going to go to Paradise Park.
Me: Argghhhh, I just paid $6 to get into McFadden’s.
Neil: Ehhh, I’m sorry I wish you would have called when you got there. That sucks, I’ll pay you back.
Me: Nah don’t worry about it. I’ll figure something out. I’ll meet you at Paradise Park.
It was then that I decided to chat up the girl at the door to see if she would give me my money back. I mean after all, all I did was walk around the bar and realized the people I was there to meet weren’t there. After a little discussion that involved her telling me that my friends should leave where they were to come there and me telling her she was stupid and/or crazy, she proposed an offer. She said that if I brought my friends there then she would give me back my $6, let them all in for free, and buy our first round of beers. Naturally I didn’t believe it so I asked her to put it in writing and we shook on it.
After I had met up with my friends I told them what had happened and it took all of two seconds for them to decide that we were in fact heading back to McFadden’s.
Sure enough the girl at the door held her end of the deal and it was a great start to a really fun night. It’s funny what sometimes happens when you just ask.
