Managed to get my appointment date totally wrong

@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
October 27, 2015 7:55am CST
Appointments at the local chiropodist have been extremely difficult to acquire over the past few months. After a long period of constantly telephoning or visiting in order to arrange an appointment, I was finally allocated one. The date was set for several weeks later, so I entered it into the calendar on my mobile phone. Since that occasion my mobile phone ceased to work, but that was not a problem because I remembered that the appointment was for this coming Friday. Around 10 AM this morning I decided to go through the formality of telephoning the reception to confirm the date and time, at which time I was informed that the appointment was for 11 AM today. I cannot understand how I managed to get the date so wrong, but fortunately I discovered the error in time and was able to attend.
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katerina
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
27 Oct 15
Blame it on the clocks going back.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Oct 15
I would need a lot of clocks to allow for a 3 day difference.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
27 Oct 15
How lucky was that. Good thing you called today I hope the appointment goes well.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Oct 15
It was extremely fortunate. Finding out at 10 AM allowed me time to travel to the precinct and have a coffee before the appointment, which was perfect timing.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
27 Oct 15
Hummm, the change of hour has affected your appointment may be. At least you were able to fix it.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
31 Oct 15
That was a definite consolation because it would have been a catastrophe to miss it.
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Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
29 Oct 15
After having such a time getting an appointment, you were very lucky that you called to confirm.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Oct 15
I certainly was, missing it would have been a major problem
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Cahaya
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
2 Nov 15
Glad you gave them a call in time! I usually set a few reminders on my phone for my scheduled appointments. So glad there's a feature for that.
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
28 Oct 15
I missed an Oktoberfest party by entering it wrong on my calendar. When I showed up on a Friday, I was told it had taken place the previous Saturday. Sheesh. That was odd.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Oct 15
It would not have been too bad if you had arrived early, but luck rarely operates that way.
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
29 Oct 15
@Asylum Too true. I am going to have to check two or three sites next time, just to be sure I don't miss it. I like the whole German party culture.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
29 Oct 15
Good that you were able to get there on time.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
3 Nov 15
@ramapo17 Everything is always better after a visit to the chiropodist.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Oct 15
The timing was very convenient, which is unusually good fortune.
Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 Nov 15
@Asylum good for you. I hope you visit with the doctor went well and everything is alright.
Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (24026)
• United Kingdom
28 Oct 15
Thank goodness you rang this morning then! Well done I bet you were able to hop home!
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Oct 15
It was a well overdue visit and made a great difference.
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Fleur
@Fleura (35037)
• United Kingdom
1 Nov 15
Lucky you found out just in time and could make it too!
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
1 Nov 15
I would have been devastated if I had missed the appointment. It has been very difficult to acquire appointments there recently.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
2 Nov 15
I am bad at remembering dates too but whenever I go to an appointment and get a date for the next one, I have a magnate on the refrigerator and I place the card on there. I am always in the frig so I know I will see it. I also put it on a calendar near my computer and one in my purse. The older I am getting the more I forget things, so one of these places I know I will look at.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
2 Nov 15
I entered the appointment into my mobile phone, but the mobile stopped working in the meantime.
Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 Nov 15
@Asylum That's funny. Can never depend on anything any more.