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Updates?

Updates?

Updates… umm… mechanic is booked for tomorrow morning…

That’s good? Was it urgent?

Sort of… like a little light and an icon was on… since yesterday… so… I thought I better get that fixed…

Oh? A light with a little icon? Is it even safe to drive TO the mechanic?! Maybe you need to call for assistance that is more urgent?

No, it’s totally fine… it’s not that urgent… Another friend said it could’ve waited 2 weeks? But I wanted to get it done. So it’ll get done tomorrow morning.

Don’t you have work tomorrow?

Yes, so I have to drop it off before work, then I go to work, then I pick up my car after work.

(Nodding)

You don’t do these things.

No I don’t.

These are regular people things. And regular people… errands. Scheduling, that they have to fit in.

Oh, I see…

Yeah. Anyway, it’s not the proper mechanic. It’s the… “I got a little light on with an icon I need a quick fix” mechanic.

Not the proper mechanic?

No, see, I called the proper mechanic and they are fully booked until February. So then, I booked it, but then — I need that light with the little icon fixed. So… I called the “last minute” mechanic, as well, so that’s the tomorrow thing. But the full annual service is with the February mechanic.

Right? The full annual service… is it more expensive?

Yes… and there’s a lounge… with tea and coffee and snacks…

(Chuckles) Is this a German car?

Yes… it is a German car… (Laughing)

So your annual service is with the German car lounge…

(Laughing) It’s not as boogie as it sounds, and it’s actually a fictionalized description.

Fictionalized. Okay, got it. I’ll learn your REAL routines, face to face?

(Nodding) Yes… (Laughing)