Listen to a conversation between two students.
Man: Hey Julie, what’s up?
Woman: Oh, hi George. I’m just waiting for my friend Amy. We’re supposed to drive into town together to see a film at one of the movie theaters there.
Man: Sounds great!
Woman: Yeah, our professor from film class wants us to go see it. It’s a film by one of the directors we’ve been studying and we’ll be discussing the film next week in class.
Man: Cool!
Woman: Yeah, but I’m the one with the car, and we were supposed to meet like 15 minutes ago, and Amy hasn’t shown up. She’s really late, if we don’t leave in like the next few minutes we’re going to miss the beginning of the movie.
Man: Have you tried calling her?
Woman: Yeah, I’ve called her several times and left voice mails. She hasn’t responded to any of my messages, so, anyway, I don’t know what I should do.
Man: Well, I know Amy’s your friend and everything, but if you need to see the film, and you’ve already been waiting 15 minutes for her, I mean…maybe you should just go by yourself?
Woman: You mean, just leave now, without her? Yeah, I guess she could see it another time. They are showing the film again tomorrow, so Amy could still go see it then, but I’ll be busy tomorrow, so I need to go today.
Man: Maybe you could just leave Amy a voicemail saying that you had to leave without her.
Woman: That’s true, but…I don’t know, maybe I should just wait 10 more minutes and go late to the film. She might be on her way over here right now! She did mention that she had a lot of other things to do first before she met me…and besides, Amy’s often late for stuff.
Man: But if you wait another 10 minutes for her, you’ll be late for the movie, right?
Woman: Yep.