“You’re right. I really don’t look forward to your resentment,” Tom responded, “and I’m sure it makes me avoid you. The other day, I was going to be ten minutes late. When I thought about facing your wrath, I figured I might as well make it thirty minutes, since I knew you’d be angry anyway. So I dropped by the drugstore to pick up some film.”
This anecdote reads like it's been heavily overdramatized. But it also illustrates his childish mentality. "If I'm going to be a little late, I might as well be super late.” that isn't how adults ought to think.
