Arrived At The Answer Speedily

(I work in the service department of a car dealership. Very few places rebuild or repair gauge clusters any more – they’re mostly replaced as a unit or mailed out if they need to be fixed. However, there is a shop in a city about a half an hour away that still does this sort of specialty work. Basically, everyone in the industry in our area uses them as they’re one of the few left.)

Coworker: “What’s the name of the shop in [City] again? The one that does speedometer work?”

Me: “Crap, I know exactly who you mean but I can’t remember their name. It’ll come to me, but it’s not there yet. I’ll think on it. They do speedometer work, they’re in [City]…”

(About five minutes later, I burst out laughing.)

Me: “[Coworker], we’re idiots.”

Coworker: “Why?”

Me: “The place in [City] that does speedometers?”

Coworker: “You remembered the name?”

Me: “Yeah. [City] Speedometer.”

Coworker: “WOW.”