Signs You Survived Monday

1. You overhear the following conversation involving the cigarette-deficient fast food employee.

Customer: "Do you have any medium lids?"

Employee: "Yes, they are right over here.:

C: "I don't like those lids. [They are the kind that can also be used for coffee cups.] Do you have any other medium lids?"

E: [After a stunned pause.] "No, those are the only ones we have. We use them for coffee too. They do have a hole for a straw though."

2. You talk to a business contact of your father's, a contact who was a practicing mechanic for 30 years and still maintains his certifications and happens to live only 20 miles away. He can tell from your conversation that the problem with your jalopy is a component of the distributor. He goes on to explain how the part functions and the symptoms of how it misfunctions and asks a few more questions. You provide the info and go on to mention the problems that you had back in November with your cross-country move which re-affirms his diagnosis as the part would have been more prone to wear out when the engine was running on 4 cylindors. The man offers to take a look at your vehicle on Wednesday and to fix it for the price of parts.