Moments in Cognitive Dissonance

[bluegargantua]

Hey,

So we're wandering around the New England Aquarium before our dinner at City Landing. We're headed back to the restaurant when this heavy duty work truck rolls by and on the side it says "AAA Battery Installation".

I look at the signage on the back of the truck and see the car battery (made by the American Automotive Association) and then I get it but for a brief, shining moment, I thought someone was making a living replacing triple-A batteries.

"My remote doesn't work anymore."
"It just needs new batteries, sir."
"Oh...could you put them in for me? I just don't understand these new-fangled contraptions."

In other news City Landing is a really nice restaurant. We had duck bruschetta and then I got trout and she got the lobster bake and we both got lots of tasty drinks and then took a nice walk down the Kennedy Greenway to South Station and the long Red Line ride home.

later
Tom

Comments

[drwex]

Back in the dot-com days there was at least one business that tried to make it as a battery-delivery service. You could call or use their Web form (back in the days before Twitter) and they'd deliver whatever you needed.

Including late-night delivery for those... personal appliances. Or so I've heard.