I Caught Someone Lying on the Phone!

I Caught Someone Lying on the Phone!

March 13, 2009

It was almost 8 o'clock in the evening. My roommate X should have been in the gym an hour ago, since she had agreed to play badminton with her friends. Whether it was because she was not very willing to go, or her online game was undergoing a crucial time, she was still lingering in the dorm, unprepared.

Finally someone at the gym phoned in. She made a frenzy effort to get into her shoes and pick up at the phone at the same time.

"Where are you? Are you coming yet?" The other one asked.

"I'm already in the lobby." She said, grabbing her bag.

Yeah, right, you are in the lobby, I thought to myself.

Then the other one hesitated a little, telling her the guys in the gym had run out of badminton bats, she was calling her to get some from the room next door to ours, but since X was already in the lobby, it was okay, they could make shift with the not-so-good ones, and so on.

Out of some regrets for being so late, X readily responded that it was totally okay for her to "come upstairs" ("上来") and grab the bats for them.

Now you see what's wrong. If you are really in the lobby, you would say you will "go upstairs"("上去").

Her words sold her out but she didn't know. The other girl, being very grateful, didn't get it either. I was the only one who had seen this real-life drama directed by God.