You look pointedly at your watch for the third time but he still doesn’t get the hint. Stifle a yawn, Stare longingly at the couple next to you picking up the check. Tap your foot impatiently. Suddenly – thank Alpha and Omega! Your cell phone rings. So sorry, friend emergency, really must go and… sweet escape.

Instead of relying on the good timing of your friend’s phone calls, however, you really should have signed up for Get Mooh (that’s Get Me Out Of Here), an absolutely free service that sends messages to your phone at a preset time. Need to end a bad date for good? Try an incoming call from your annoyed drug dealer. Endless client meeting? A call from your neighbours about your home’s burglar alarm going off should do the trick. Someone not getting the hint? Why not get the news of the end of the world delivered straight to your phone.

Helpful prompts guide you through the conversation (“Repeat after me,” the message says. “What? Well does the Government know? I’ll be there right away! Now hang up and say sorry, I have to go – there’s an asteroid about to crash into the earth ending life as we know it.”)

Next time you’re stuck, don’t suffer, just schedule a Get Mooh.