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This Friday or next Friday?

Which?

  • This Friday!

  • ...next Friday...

  • Derp

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Ricemarine

Ricemarine

Lifer
Assuming the conversation took place on a Monday (see post 5 for more detail):

Person: "Please send me times when you are available next week."
Me: "I am available MWF from 12:00p-2:00p"
Person:"I'll see you Friday at 1:00p"

This Friday or next Friday?
 
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Ok, re-reading again, I am too confused by your wording to know what your asking. By my best interpretation, that before Friday in one week you are asked when you are available, answer, and then the person says they'll see you Friday, they most likely mean THIS Friday else they would have said next Friday, meaning Friday of the next week.
 
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If the person said NEXT WEEK, I would infer that he means next Friday...

edit: He responded in the same syntax as you, without clarifying this week or next week.

What day did this actually happen? I can't even tell what you're saying.

edit2: Based on your edit, if he actually used the phrase "next week" in his initial inquiry, I would interpret as next Friday.
 
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rcpratt said:
If the person said NEXT WEEK, I would infer that he means next Friday...

edit: He responded in the same syntax as you, without clarifying this week or next week.

What day did this actually happen? I can't even tell what you're saying.
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Mmm. I guess I should clarify things a bit.

The conversation took place on a Monday (last week). The person e-mailed me to schedule a time to meet for "next week" as said above. I responded "MWF from 12:00p-2:00p," like the response above. So, the person responded "Friday at 1:00p then. See you then!" Thus, I assumed next Friday (or May 6th).

Rolling around to Friday, I get an e-mail saying that the meeting was "this Friday," and I had missed the meeting. I e-mailed back saying I assumed that the meeting was next Friday. The response was "because there was no date specified, it should have been THIS Friday."

Meh?
 
Fuck this is why people need to be more clear with their language.

IMO you were right, the idiot making the appointment needs to go back to school.
 
Next Friday wasn't that great, so I'm going with this Friday. Sequels are generally not as good as the original.
 
Mike Gayner said:
Fuck this is why people need to be more clear with their language.

IMO you were right, the idiot making the appointment needs to go back to school.
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I agree.

OP needs to follow up with the other person. If this other person actually meant this Friday, considering logically and grammatically the correct inference is next Friday, then that person should be pummelled with whatever floppy lump of flesh is nearby, be it a dead fish, a live rat, or a room-temp sausage.
 
Ricemarine said:
Assuming the conversation took place on a Monday:

Person: "Please send me times when you are available next week."
Me: "I am available MWF from 12:00p-2:00p"
Person:"I'll see you Friday at 1:00p"

This Friday or next Friday?
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Since the person asked your availability NEXT week, I'd presume they will be there NEXT Friday...BUT, since people often don't say what they actually mean, don't be at all surprised if they show up THIS Friday...
 
So... there seems to be some mixed results. Is it really because the person declared "Friday" instead of "next Friday" that it should've been "this Friday?" Or is it that because of the initial inquiry for next week that it should be "next Friday?"
 
If it were Monday and I were scheduling a meet for Friday, I'd say this Friday. If I meant the week after, I'd say next Friday, although I admit that sounds weird because technically the next Friday is this Friday.
 
So you talk w/ the guy on Monday, April 25th. Guy asks you what your schedule is for next week (the week of May 1st - 7th)

He says, see you Friday. Therefore, you are correct in thinking May 6th. The other guy is a retard.
 
Ricemarine said:
Assuming the conversation took place on a Monday (see post 5 for more detail):

Person: "Please send me times when you are available next week."
Me: "I am available MWF from 12:00p-2:00p"
Person:"I'll see you Friday at 1:00p"

This Friday or next Friday?
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You are right. Person said next week and that means next week. But you always have to CYA and eliminate any chance of getting screwed over.

Your response next time.....
Me: "For the week of 05/02/11 I am available MWF from 12:00p-2:00p"

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This thread, the math thread, and Neckbeard ... have me worried for the future of our species.

Next week

This week

Really people, pull your heads out of your asses.
 
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