Wasn't so much looking at her, but at the spot she was supposed to be in.
She'd flaked on me numerous times, and been late every other. My time clearly wasn't valuable to her.
The last time, I needed a ride to work. I set up with her the day before that I could get a ride form her, and even after she accepted, I threw in a free dinner to sweeten the deal.
The day of, I think about sending her a reminder, because I don't trust anyone, but I decide not to bother her, because she has a weird sleeping schedule. So I decide to just trust her.
An hour before, I message to check up. 30 minutes before, I message again. Neither message coming up as Seen. I urgently check with local taxis, Uber, Lyft, etc. Everybody's half an hour out. I call work to explain my ride fell threw, and I'll be late. They ask how late, and I say I'm not sure yet, but I'm on my way.
I grab a Lime rental scooter and tear off, but the breaks don't work, so I have to jump off, lock it, and grab a different one. I'm about half way there when the scooter slows to a crawl, it was fully charged, so it can't be the battery... (Later I found out I went through a No Scooting Zone and the scooter was disabled inside it) I push the scooter along with my foot because a bike bridge is coming up, and I can at least coast downhill on wheels faster than I could walk on foot. But halfway up the bridge, the scooter comes back to life.
I make it to work 12 minutes tardy. Annoyingly, if I had straight up called-in, it might not have even been on my record, as I have plenty of personal time, but I for some reason can't use that to cover a tardy. So stupid.
I check Messenger, and they still haven't been Seen. Two hours into my shift, it's break time, and I check again. Seen. No reply. Unfriended her on the spot.
Around midnight, I get a text reply, and the preview starts out with "I have no excus-" and I don't even bother to open it. She's absolutely right. There is no excuse for what just happened that would prevent me from cutting ties with her. Even if someone close to her died, the least she could do is tell me I need to arrange other transportation. But I got nothing until I was well into my shift.
Blocked her number, deleted the message thread. I didn't want to hear her excuse.
Every time I made plans with her, I waited at the door five minutes before our planned meet time. She would leave her house at the planned meet time, oh, but it snowed, so she has to sweep the snow off the van. And she needs to get gas... She couldn't plan for shit. She'd get there half an hour late, and I'd have been waiting by the door that whole time.