Errands

Recently I have solved what to many of us can be a problem of epic proportions.  That is getting stuck in a conversation with no escape route.  Now there are times when you are feeling extremely patient and don’t mind a few minutes of your time being wasted.  However, there are also times when you haven’t a moment to lose and you need an immediate excuse.  Well you can of course throw a something specific such as well, “I have to go get my hair cut.”  Ah but there is an inherent flaw with that approach, and that is that the use of such a specific excuse will undoubtedly spark a conversation regarding, what your persistent friend perceives as merely a subject change.  And so after many trials and errors, I have found my go to excuse.  ”I have to run some errands.”  Now there mention of the word errands makes any person cringe and suddenly your friend isn’t feeling quite as jovial or friendly.  And the follow up question of, “What do you have to do?”  Can be easily deflected with a, “I just have to pick/drop some stuff up/off.”  And you are home free, or at least free to run your errands.  The perfect non-desrcript excuse.  It reminds me of Ferris Bueller’s clammy hands symptom.  It’s a legitimate symptom, yet requires no further questioning.