I tried to rush so as not to leave them too long, but met up with Eddie, an old friend and former client in the kitchen while I was pouting the refills. He was a nice guy but a bit of a bore and I tried to focus as he told me about the new car he bought. I shuffled anxiously as he went through the details of how he had gone from dealer to dealer, how he at looked at new and pre-owned before he paid off the story with how he had got a steal on a new BMW. I took that as a cue to leave, but...