
They Fined Me for Arriving Early
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Our class president announced in the group chat that our graduation dinner would start at six that evening.
I got to the restaurant ten minutes early, only for her to block the door of the private room and shove her phone at me with a payment request on the screen.
"You're the last one here. Pay a $50 late fee before you go in."
I stared at her, confused.
"The message said six. It's only 5:50. How am I late?"
She rolled her eyes.
"Everyone else came an hour early to see our faculty adviser off. You're the only one who showed up right on the dot.