I'll bet that you don't know what this car is. One thing I can say is that you couldn't pay me to drive one. With that being said, my latest drive home from RQS's place took over twice as long as it should have taken, and some of that was caused by me refusing to listen to routing instructions from my phone's GPS app. At least, we were able to see "The Automat" this weekend, as we didn't need a car to get into NYC.
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Yesterday, I drove to RQS's place to visit with her and to see "The Automat" at the Film Forum. She offered me the choice of watching this film or The Godfather in a 4k restoration. Given that I can watch the latter on either of 2 days this coming week, it made more sense to see the documentary while it's in the theater.
One of the things about watching documentaries is that one has to have a moderate interest in the subject for it to hold your attention. Given that the last Automat closed roughly 60 years ago, it's amazing that this restaurant chain still tugs at the hearts of many New Yorkers and Philadelphians. Yet, it does, and it's a concept that should have been able to survive had the chain had good management in turbulent times.
I won't go into my analysis of the chain's demise. However, I could have done some historical work for a thesis to be presented at a business school. Let's say that I could see several easy to fix reasons for the corporation's demise, and wish that someone in power had explored them before shutting down the chain.
