The Date From Hell
Revenge Reeks for Mr. Not-So-Hidden Agenda
All names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty!
I did a summer internship at a museum years ago when I was in college.
After the term ended and I went back to school, I got a call from one of the researchers I worked with over the summer. He wanted to meet and have dinner because he was going to be in the city.
I was really happy about it because I considered this guy a colleague and thought it was really nice of him to want to keep in touch with me. He was about 15 years older than me, but that didn't matter because this was a dinner between friends. So I thought.
So the day came and he picked me up. He was driving a rented sports car, a little flashy for a guy on a conference trip but ok. He was dressed like a man going for a night at the clubs as well. And I had dressed pretty conservatively.
He suggested we see a movie and I was a little surprised but agreed. He took me to an "alternative" theatre downtown and I sat through 90 minutes of borderline softcore. I could barely look at him when we finally left.
He didn't seem to notice or care that I was embarassed and uncomfortable. He just said "Let's get something to eat." and lead me to the car. I thought dinner would be us chatting about our work and what's new in our lives.
He insisted we have drinks before dinner and kept getting the waiter to top up my wine during the meal. He didn't want to talk about work, he kept trying to talk about the people we worked with. As in who was doing who. I tried to be polite and listened to him talk. He kept trying to toast things to get me to drink more. It was really awful.
The alcohol and the food didn't mix well. I finally told him I really wasn't feeling well and had to leave. As we were leaving the restaurant I felt the need to vomit! I had no control.
Thankfully I was able to sort of hide behind the restaurant and spew my guts. I was there for about half an hour.
By the end of it I was feeling better but still really weak and woozy.
I assumed that the "date" was over. Now he'd drive me home and leave, disgusted by what had happened. I didn't care. I was just looking forward to going home.
Instead he drove me to a different bar and insisted I sit down and "drink the taste out of my mouth."
I knew it was time to leave. I told him I was going to go into the bar and call a cab if he didn't drive me home immediately. He asked me to come to his hotel room with him instead.
I started to leave but he finally relented and drove me home. Unfortunately when we got there he tried again to pursuade me to go to his hotel room.
I was still feeling ill and he delayed me a little too long. I puked all over the floor of the rental car. It smelled like stale alcohol and sour milk.
He started shouting obscenities at me and I finished heaving on the front step of my building. He tore out of the parking lot and almost hit a parked car.
I was really angry and upset when I got home. So I called the police and reported his car as a drunk driver. He was picked up and charged because his car was full of alcohol-soaked puke. I heard he lost his job over it too. So it was worth it.