What sort of place …
… has no synthetic motor oil but a fully automated public toilet?
I had to drive out west today for work and, of course, when I was in the middle of nowhere my car decided to suddenly inform me that it was running on minimum oil. Now, I don’t know a lot about cars but I know that they like water and there is such a thing as too little and too much oil - both of these latter options have dire consequences.
Thankfully I turned out to be only about 10kms from a place called Oakey - 159kms west of Brisbane, population approx 3,500. Unfortunately there was only one petrol station and neither of the ladies there could point me in the direction of the synthetic oil. They did however direct me to ask the Toyota dealer, who read my manual and suggested I got to the Oil and Battery Barn. They were able to sell me synthetic oil, though I am now the proud owner of 5 litres of the stuff, far more than required!
After this ordeal, I required the public facilities. The public facility turned out to be automated … fully automated … right down to the electronic toilet paper dispenser and (this is the best bit) the automated soundtrack. Yep, music to relieve yourself to. Press the close door button and the music starts, press the open door button and it stops the music and flushes the toilet! I personally feel that the music was a little uptempo for the occasion but really, what is the precedent for this situation?