Sly after breakfast I leave my apartment, carrying t I ested; t ios, ea sideo to stay rig least c imitate t I ment. Im supposed to meet    ten. At Ebert Platz I take train to ein, ed, not far from tation. Ill meet s. ell c for about ters of an    ty minutes about test s of time about electric trains. tine for years, but I still get a little nervous every time. It goes bay particular ceit, ely during tions t at ed t from my mot its not    tire lifetime. I used tle against ts of t, but not anymore. Naturally I o make a special effort ice my ceit at all.    Im aric train    just like    to tec    early trix and Fleiscs.    realize t Im just draore of kime. Its also possible t ell me one of edious stories, o ory sympatook nearly ten mio tell me about tion. On trip from Italy to Germany     to run out of gas. But t back    i. t ory. I sat still in front of en minutes and laug urned out t entails a nearly tinuous collision of y and disgust. trengty admoniss precisely t idiotic stories of your fello you sen to! At time,    taunts me: If you dont escape rigs infuriating is t tant colliding never alloo    go on running tell myself t Im prepared for anyt aside t me. I observe t Frau Fiscs to be in ts out te and goes in sly after I do.

        ting at ands up.

        Aer tester! .

        My ceit triggers a    of a smile. I    gray carpet. t ligures. t ily dimmed lig; Frau Fis front of    I catc of a ain on t of . I stare at ares at me.

        Unfortunately someoook a s at me, says habedank.

        ho? I ask.

        A fired tester.

        Oh, I say.

        herr habedank, herr habedank, says Frau Fischedick.

        o his swivel armchair.

        Dont believe a word he says! says Frau Fischedick.

        ural death, says herr Oppau.

        Sav t last remark, I sit doors s on able.

        A felt-tip pen o leak in my s pocket, says habedank.

        I dont knoo say to t. ions. I reay bags and take out a pair of itcip brogues as    lengto be t of test bat to my report. I let myself believe t its a pleasure alk about ss no act t I talk about sensions of my o ed to tly escapes by    and t value on s my s t me, but all I do is t t. My entary on trike me as poorly cut, is s. Its aloo narrooo stiff, titc t.    I    my efforts are meaningful and important. I dont knoions (a surrogate for ter I finisary,    a , t ell by tters to    only be a matter of seds before o join alk about electric trains from the 1950s.

        Unfortuo eize, ead.

        I dont knoo say to t, and    for    sentence.

        I mean is, says    in ture Ill only be able to pay you fifty marks per , in other words for every pair of shoes.

        t seems ratic, I say.

        tuation has ged.

        So suddenly?

        Yes, says ty poition. t is doing very    on.

        Aha, I say.

        to make up for t, youll be alloo keep test, says habedank.

        No. Suddenly it daed to ed to see ake tion. But to see. I only o tell me I mig tly till values my future    a quarter of t. But o do o eithem away.

        Im sorry, says ion    my decision, Im just supposed to tell you.

        I nod. trut really surprised. tuation t o my sense of living    inner aution. Ive experiely. I dont even o repeat ten t follo to see if o join eria. But today tation—evidently because uation.    on op. t o tand up and say to ions in about three weeks.

        A mier Im ing for train t ake me    a frend. ttaco eps arying to peck open a plastic bag full of garbage. Using    s    eeto open tic bag, immediately sending e peels, yogurt cartons and pizza boxes flying around train platform. ting, but it gives expression to my os on botare at tras t. A motroller appears at t of tairs leading up to train platform. ttle teeteet stand just a ferain es roller s for me to open to t k rubber. I see it as a sign of ly some forms of opposition occasionally dissolve of t could mean t Im getting closer to tion. I retract my finding and e to a ne dare alert to tential frig tens ion like t    I t find t o elegantly bi and    time ceal my oy. Just last nigly before falling asleep, I knerain tickets left in my ; I no it into ticket validator. une! Presumably Ill o give up tion of er of too mucolerant man like me. Presumably I    be meeting    togetions. At Ebert Platz I get off traiion of quickly vaniso Gutleut Strasse, le you    Im doing tices right away.

        You dont o pretend h me, she says.

        Fine, I say.

        You still dont    to tell me o?

        I just lost a job, I say.

        Oh, says Regine.
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