plenty of time

Is sorry the hardest word?

by Charlie Lawson on December 2, 2011 · 4 comments

This morning, I took an early flight from Heathrow.  To allow plenty of time to get to the airport, get through security and get to the gate, without rushing, I booked a cab for 5.30am.

Imagine my surprise then when I was woken from my slumber at 4.30am by a cab driver a) ringing my phone and then b) knocking on the front door (despite me leaving clear instructions only to ring so the whole house didn’t get woken up).  Quite why the driver had come an hour early – I’ve no idea – but there was clearly a mix up in communications somewhere. [click to continue…]