w.atching the w.orld unw.ind

Today's lyric:

"Yes you got a smile, makes me wow for you baby
Yes you got a style that turns me on, man
Please don't be late, no, don't hesitate
Cos in a while, the morning will come."

Spirit: "Morning will come"
From the album: "The 12 dreams of Dr Sardonicus"

The hire car I had for Tuesday was still sat on my drive yesterday evening. The owners having failed to collect it during the day, getting the ignition key from my neighbour who stayed in all day expecting them.

I just rang them to say my neighbour will not be around today (and neither am - I'm at work) so what was their plan?

"But you were supposed to leave the key under a bin or a plant pot."

"I don't know who on earth told you that (I could live in a top flat or something?) and I don't have a (secure) bin and there are dozens of plant pots. I'm certainly not going to advertise which one it might have been under, just to return home and find that I'm responsible for the theft of a 15k car because you didn't collect it during the appointed day. And anyway, clearly no-one came because there was a note behind the windscreen saying 'Key with neighbour. Please prove identity for collection'. Surely a much more secure hand-over?

I'll be home around 6:30 if you want to pick it up then?"

"We don't collect that late and we only have one ignition key - the other's at Head Office."

"1. What if I'd lost it, then?
2. That's an odd statement, because it was delivered to me at 8:30 p.m. (I was just beginning to panic that it wouldn't have been there for the early start I had next day)"

"Erm."

"Well, you've lost the use of it for another day, then.

No wonder car theft is rife...