Always Have An Out

So it has come to this.

The Adrants blog posted an entry this morning about Cosmopolitan magazine's newest service - the ability to pre-schedule a phone call to ring while on a date, providing a convenient out from a bad situation.

According to Adrants:

The function is powered by Moderati and can be accessed at the mobile component of the Cosmo site. The service costs a dollar and, we suppose, saves you some dignity.

Makes logical sense, I suppose. I am still in favor of the 15 minute coffee date, with the "oh, I have to meet someone" excuse to extract yourself. But then again, a dollar is a very cheap price for an instant out. Consider me sold on the concept.