Waiting for Service

Has this ever happened to you? You're stuck sitting in a garage, waiting for your vehicle to be serviced. And the only thing that you can find to do is to reread that three-year-old copy of “Guns and Ammo” magazine that's sitting on the coffee table or hold a staring competition with that tail-wagging, cat-shaped clock hanging on the wall... Well if this ever has happened to you, don't worry. Below I have a few suggestions for fun activities that will keep you occupied while you're waiting for that oil change.

• Borrow some spent spark plugs from the mechanics and stack them like dominoes. By the time they finish with your car, you should have a pretty impressive display to topple.
  
  
• Play a game of “Name That Smell” with the guy sitting next to you. Unless of course, the man sitting next to you sucks septic systems for a living. In which case, it is probably best to avoid commenting on any smells and simply sit outside in the fresh air...
  
  
• Purchase an egg salad sandwich out of the nearby vending machine. Roll the sandwich up into a ball and bounce it against the wall.
  
  
• And if all else fails, change the channel on that waiting room TV to Oprah's new network, and then turn up the volume. You'd be amazed how much faster the mechanics will work when finishing your car means they can kick you out of the waiting room and change the channel back to “Sons of Guns.”