An Hour

Sam asked Mom if he could go to the pool “for an hour” with Colin before his Scout meeting. Mom thought this meant “I will go to the pool and after exactly an hour I will text Mom that I am ready to be picked up and then wait outside for her to pull up so I can quickly get in the car and be home in plenty of time to eat dinner before my Troop meeting.” As you may have gathered by now, that is not exactly what Sam means when he asks if he can go to the pool for about an hour.