He was up before the sun came up.
At the car dealership, while he was waiting for the brake job to be done, he noticed a woman had little buckles on her shoes, or slippers.
Someone answered a phone. The dealership would be closing at 2PM, because it was New Years Eve.
He heard a car salesman in the other room talking to a prospective customer:
SALESMAN
What kind of vehicle were you thinking about?
CUSTOMER
Well, this would be for my girlfriend …
SALESMAN
I see! What kind of car do you drive?
CUSTOMER
A Nissan Altima.
SALESMAN
Nice. Blah blah blah blah blah.
He couldn’t see the people talking. He wondered if the girlfriend was there too, just quietly standing there while the two guys talked, but he hoped not.
