MEANING OF THE RUNAROUND - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So has anyone ever given you the runaround?

This happened to me a couple years ago

when I went to get my license renewed.

I went to get my drivers license renewed

and I went to the licensing bureau,

the licensing office and I went to the first counter

and they told me that I was at the wrong counter,

I needed to go to the second counter.

So I went to he second counter

and the lady there said that I had the wrong papers,

I needed to go back to the front of the licensing office

and get the right paper and fill out that paper,

fill out that form and then go back to the second counter.

When I went back to the second counter

with that form she said I actually needed

to go to the third counter and talk to that person there.

So that would be a great example of getting the runaround.

I really felt like they were giving me the runaround in

that situation because I was running,

not literally from one place to another.

Usually we use the phrase to be given the runaround,

to get the runaround when you are

at a place like a government office

or maybe at an airport.

I know one time I got the runaround at the airport

because they said that I had the wrong sticker on my baggage

and so I had to go to a different counter

to get a different sticker so that they could put my luggage

or my baggage onto the airplane.

So I really felt like they were giving me the runaround,

that I was running to all different parts

of the airport in order to get the right sticker.

So hopefully you don't get the runaround a lot in your life

'cause it can be just a little bit annoying.