The Pop-in
With rare exception is there a more disconcerting disruption to a quiet day than a pop-in? Ladies and gentelmen, and whoever may be reading this, a pop in sans call ahead is just plain bad form.
The victim of the pop-in may not be ready for company, be busy, or just not otherwise disposed to play host. Off the top of my shiny head, there are only a few forgivable occassions for an unannounced pop-in.
1-Sudden, amazingly stunning news either positive or negative is forgivable. The news should be on the order of a surprise wedding/engagement, lottery winnings, death in the family, or news story on par with 9/11.
2-If the victim (yes, victim, I don't think the term is too strong) of the pop-in is male, and unattached, a booty call is forgivable. If the booty in question has been tapped more than five times, a courtesy call should be placed ahead of time.
The moral of the story, is call ahead, make plans. Unless you are going to rock my world literally or metaphorically, people who pop in are the reason I screeen my calls, and rarely answer the door.
The victim of the pop-in may not be ready for company, be busy, or just not otherwise disposed to play host. Off the top of my shiny head, there are only a few forgivable occassions for an unannounced pop-in.
1-Sudden, amazingly stunning news either positive or negative is forgivable. The news should be on the order of a surprise wedding/engagement, lottery winnings, death in the family, or news story on par with 9/11.
2-If the victim (yes, victim, I don't think the term is too strong) of the pop-in is male, and unattached, a booty call is forgivable. If the booty in question has been tapped more than five times, a courtesy call should be placed ahead of time.
The moral of the story, is call ahead, make plans. Unless you are going to rock my world literally or metaphorically, people who pop in are the reason I screeen my calls, and rarely answer the door.
posted by PKav at 10:18 PM
1 Comments:
Also note the pop in is bad for the criminal as well. With ample notice the victim can procure proper entertaining items. Commit this crime and you're stuck eating last year's can of cheesy spray and drinking flat tonic in your gin.
I disagree with 5 being the number that a booty call becomes booty routine. There should be a frequency:number of months ongoing ratio. Total ratio >1 requires advance notice.
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