Look Steve, I am sorry. But I was not that late. It was at most twenty minutes [I know that this is a lie. Call it limitation of damage] and how should I know, that you would be in the lobby already, when all we talked about last night was a call about when we would meet generally?
[No reaction]
Dont worry about the coffee! We can get some on the road. So you hired a car already? Thats great.
[Ignoring for now, that he should have waited for me to give him a go and ignoring further that he put his breakfast on my expenses without even asking me. I can tell him later, I must.]
[When I step outside and stand beside him I see it. THE car.]
Oh. My. God.
Heilige Scheisse...
Wow, this one seems to be almost as big as my living room back home.
[They will roast me alive for expenses only because of fuel there.]
[Maybe I should sleep in here, just to safe the money for the hotel?]
Err so now that we have a tank, which fort you plan to take?
[He does not react to my attempt of a joke, so I just voice my main fear according to this monster.]
It does have a manual gearbox, doesnt it?













