Shut out!

I had no runs at all today at work. It was about the most boring couple of hours that I can really recall. Yesterday, I wound up having two runs after the bank run. The first was just up to the State School, maybe a five-minute run from the dealership. Of course, it was right about at five, which is just about the time that most of the workers leave there. So it wound up taking about half an hour to get back the mile or so to the dealership because of all the traffic backed up in the school's driveway. The lady who I picked up was a bit wacky, but she seemed nice enough. When we got back to the dealership, I found out that she had an old Corvette which she was getting looked at. The driver's side window wouldn't work, though, so one of the porters had to duct tape it closed for her while she held it up from the inside. It was a pretty funny scene, and it would have looked pretty messed up if someone had been driving in to the service area right then. "So, do you do all of your repairs with duct tape?"

After that run, it was pretty much waiting most of the evening. A car got towed in at about 6:30, and I guessed that I'd probably wind up kind of getting screwed on that deal. And sure enough, that's what happened. The lady who owned the car was stranded with no one to come and get her, so despite the fact that I'm not usually supposed to head out after 6:30, I headed out to take her home at about 6:45. She was upset that the dealership didn't have any loaner cars or anything that she could use to get to a test she had to take at 8:00 this morning, and I just tried to explain to her that we did have rental cars, but there's a waiting list and we had all of them rented at the time. She still just kept complaining most of the time. She also wasn't exactly the best at giving directions, waiting until I was pretty much at each intersection before she told me which way I was supposed to turn. I finally got her dropped off and got back to work after pretty much everyone had left. Only the shop foreman was still there waiting for me. Hopefully that won't happen very much again.

This morning on the way to work, the girlfriend and I stopped at the Unicorn Lake Diner and Bakery, or Bakery and Diner. I don't remember which it's called, and I'm too lazy to look it up. One of the ladies I work with said that she'd had a very good lunch there, so we figured we'd go ahead and give them a try. I had an apple turnover. It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't the best I've ever had. The girlfriend said hers was also not the best she's ever tasted, but we're going to go ahead and give them another chance for lunch sometime. Maybe their "diner" side is a bit better than their "bakery" side.

On the way home from work, we ate at the Cafe China, right around the corner from the bakery/diner. It was your basic Chinese restaurant. The service was fairly quick, and the food was decent. It's certainly not something that I'd really shout about one way or the other, but it's convenient to the movie theater, so we may stop in once in a while if we go to the movies. There are a few other Chinese restaurants here in town that I'd prefer if the location is no issue...