I’m late because the bridge had opened... It must be a Dutch joke as it doesn’t ring ...

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... a bell with me writing it in English. It’s a joke similar to ‘The dog ate my homework’, everyone knows it’s a lie, so you use it only to signal you’re going to tell the real reason later. However, sometimes bridges do open and ironically there have been situations where I was late because I had left home ‘just in time’ to make an appointment, only to be confronted with a few minutes stop thanks to ‘the opened bridge’. Curse of living in a country with as much water as The Netherlands. Anyway, I’m not late today, I would’ve missed the train thanks to this bridge but the train was late too :D Moreover, my dinner date won’t start in another few hours, I only decided to leave home already to catch a movie in the most beautiful cinema of our country. I have visited the museum in the same building a few months ago, but so far hadn’t had the chance to just sit in one of their movies. Oh, and that dinner date? just an awesome Steemian. I won’t tell you their name as hey, I’m not writing this post to make you all jealous.

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Sometimes it's good if you can rely on trains being late.
Although, here in The Netherlands they are on-time more than in other countries.

Enjoy the dinner :)

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Exactly. Still we complain more about the trains than in any other country as well :’) High expectations I guess.

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I was just caught out in the middle of a swing bridge last month while I was visiting Curacao.
I can't even begin to tell you how annoying as I watched the almost no notice movement while I was running late to get somewhere. It was all for naught as it was only minutes of a wait. On the way over the bridge, I had to wait almost 20 minutes for the traffic to clear up.

I feel your pain! Plus, it is an amusing story.

Have a great day!

!tip

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Funny! I can see this being a pretty common excuse in your country. Here in the US, freight trains can cause huge delays at railroad crossings.

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Hahaha, I have heard so many reasons why staff is late, hehehe. Some are hilarious, but true for sure!
Thanks for this article, it made me chuckle! Have a wonderful weekend, dear @soyrosa, and take care🥰🌺🤙

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