Always Late

At the busy dental office where I work, one patient was always late. Once when I called to confirm an appointment, he said, "I'll be about 15 minutes late. That won't be a problem, will it"'

"No,? I told him. "We just won't have time to give you an anesthetic.'

He arrived early.

Contributed by Terri Spaccarotelli, Reader's Digest, June, 1992, p. 145