"We will get it checked for you, sir. Sorry for the trouble," said Ray, the repair expert at the car dealer shop. Troy was not happy about the service performed on the vehicle. He had to come back to the service center again. Ray said sorry for the miss in the service and shared a dissatisfaction experience he recently had in his personal life. Yesterday night, he went to the emergency hospital due to kidney stone problem. With familiar smile but the pain in his eyes, he explained how painful it is to not receive the right help or service within time. In his later 40s, with his own problems at hand, he assured Troy to do the best for the service experience. After finishing the paperwork and all other formalities, he requested Troy to wait for the repair. Troy was waiting nearby till his car was repaired. He walked towards coffee area where three people were already in the queue to get coffee. While waiting for his turn for coffee, he looked around. So many people around coffee area were waiting for the repair to be done on this beautiful Saturday morning. Some kids were playing, some kids were silent, in sleepy mode, some people were reading, and some were staring silently at other people’s activities. Before Troy, a lady in 40s was standing in the queue for her turn for coffee. She noticed Troy being next to her and smiled, then looked back towards slow functioning coffee machine, with little attention on an empty waiting area sofa. Probably she planned to sit on that sofa after grabbing coffee. Also, probably she was little concerned that someone else may take that seat over. Troy was thinking about his family while standing in coffee line. He planned to take kids for a nearby picnic, to enjoy beautiful Saturday. Is it better to plan for this activity on weekdays, instead of the weekend? But how to plan for it on weekdays? So much going on in the office. If this repair can be managed within weekdays, then is it a good idea to work in the night, to finish work for the lost hours due to this service? Hmm., probably not. But again, is it a good idea to wait on Saturday? It probably is okay as, by morning time, it will be done. He was all lost in thinking and suddenly heard a voice from person behind him in the line. “ Excuse me, your turn for coffee, "he said. “Oh sorry about that”, said Troy. He picked a cup and quickly decided to pick regular coffee, from three visible options for coffee in the coffee machine. After taking coffee, Troy looked around that empty sofa that was a little dream for the lady before him in line. Troy was happy to see lady got that sofa and was glancing over a magazine, while enjoying sip of freshly made coffee, with relaxed body posture. He had no connection with the lady, but for some reason, he liked that lady was happy to get what she probably wanted this morning at the repair center while waiting. Troy looked around for a silent place where he can sit and plan for the upcoming weekly activities. Too much noise everywhere. He made a round around building, walked towards sales area where so many sales person looked at Troy with greed in eyes to catch new customer, but Troy did not give any positive signal to them to be a customer. He crossed a bunch of salespeople with a very common phrase, "Excuse me." " Oh sure", sales person group said with little depressing moment of realizing a failed lead. Troy looked around and realized that no place to sit. He moved further towards the end and found a place where some ciggerrette buds were spreaded. He could sit there but will he be occupied with many people around with cigarettes in one hand and looking towards sky, to make the day better with puffs of the cigarette? With little confusion in mind, he walked slowly towards finding next place. He found a place near a trash can. He smelled it, to check if it is manageable to sit there. “Yes it is”, he decided. He pulled his right arm towards his bag, to take the laptop out from backpack. Can I get internet connection here? Let’s try. No, but no problem. He enabled internet from his modern smartphone, for that he thanked the maker 700 times already. Began browsing the internet, with the first topic: what is life? What are goals? Does it makes sense to work for one more job or open a small startup as he is just in early 40s. Does it make sense to ro pursue too many things at this time, is it the right age to begin? He was all lost in his thoughts and suddenly, his smartphone rang, "sir, this is Ray, your car is ready to pickup, " Said Ray, the repair person. "Oh sure, thank you very much , " said Troy. He closed his laptop and walked towards Ray’s clumsy desk with full of papers, to get his car key to go back to home.
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