Missed the Meeting
I had scheduled a morning meeting with someone this week at Panera bread (I love bagels!). We hadn’t seen or spoken with each other in some time, so I was looking forward to some social distance chatting with him (this Panera has outdoor seating!).
I showed up a little early, got my bagel and sat down outside. I ate my bagel and waited. And then waited some more. After about 20 minutes I sent my friend a message and asked if they were already there and did I possibly miss finding them (even though I had walked around inside to try and locate them when I first arrived).
He missed our meeting! He immediately called me after receiving my message and told me he had a sick child that evening that kept him and his wife up all night. He was still taking care of him that morning and our meeting completed slipped his mind. He was very apologetic and we were able to reschedule for a time next week to meet up again.
I took it all in stride. I didn’t get upset with him, nor complain about the fact that he missed our meeting and I went out of my way to make sure I was there on time or any of that. Things like this happen sometimes!
How would you have reacted?
I know some people that would have been burning up inside about it. “’I can’t believe he wasted my time like that by not showing up”. Or “didn’t he put it on his calendar?”. We all have heard folks act like this… or maybe we have even acted this way ourselves sometimes?
A Real Christian Businessman rolls with it! Life happens y’all, and we have to give people grace when things like this take place and move on. If the tables were turned and it was us that missed the meeting, wouldn’t it be nice to have someone on the other end extend grace to us and be very kind and just reschedule?
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Eph 4:32 (NIV)
Which direction are you going to go in the next time this happens to you?