The repairman sighed. No one called; there was nothing to do.
The ad said it best: we make dependable appliances.
That meant that the repairmen, even though employed and salaried, had no jobs pending. They were there just in case, nothing else.
It was a lonely life, and the repairmen complained about the loneliness.
For the company’s executives, having lonely repairmen was a good problem. They would rather have that than the alternative, which wouldn’t be good.
The brand, however, was long gone. They don’t build them like they used to.
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