Dating Etiquette

Dis me once, shame on you....dis me twice...well you don't get a 2nd chance. When I arrived Wednesday back at work, fresh from the freakish world of smalltownitis somewhere in Western Montana I receive an e-mail from a fellow I've been e-mailing. Gee I'm off work till saturday, if you're coming over my way let me know and we can get together. So okay, I'm game, I like the ride to Bozo and there are a few other things I can do, like check out Munich, still not playing here, and I had a day off coming so I e-mail back, I'll come over friday here's my # call me and we'll make plans. So, expecting that he wouldn't have e-mailed if in fact he wasn't interested in meeting up, I check my e-mail before leaving work at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, and still no word. Sooo, sure enough Friday at 11:00 a.m. I get the call, gee I wasn't near a computer, I was out doing "guy stuff" and I just got your e-mail. HOW LAME! If you weren't going to check your e-mail, why did you bother telling me you had free time off to get together? It's things like this that dampen my faith in civilized society. So we have a nice little chat after I state I have made other plans when I didn't hear back, and then agree that when he has time off from work later in the spring maybe we can work something out. NOT! After thinking about whether a person who doesn't even know you deserves another chance after blowing you off, the answer is a resounding NO. If someone doesn't even give you the consideration of actually checking their e-mail when you have a pending get together, what do you think their behavior will be later down the line? Not good I suspect. So back to square one.