48. Mom Doesn’t Believe it’s Saturday
In high school, I lived in the hood but commuted about an hour on the subway to a school in a much nicer area. Sometimes I’d spend the night at friends’ houses on weekends to stay nearby.
I had a Nokia Cell phone, the infamous brick. It rings.
Me: Hey Mom
Mom: Hey! I was just calling to leave you a message. Why aren’t you in school?
Me: There’s no school today.
Mom: WHY AREN’T YOU IN SCHOOL? she’s getting more agitated
Me: Because it’s Saturday?
Mom: DON’T YOU PLAY GAMES WITH ME, YOU’RE GROUNDED. GO TO SCHOOL AND COME HOME RIGHT AFTER.
hangs up
I was 16 and decided not to go the hour home to be grounded. Instead, I stayed out with my friends for the rest of the weekend. I got grounded for two weeks for not honoring my original grounding, even though it was in fact, a Saturday.