Hey, Mary

Hey, Mary. How you doing?

Good. You want a bag for 10 cents?

Yeah, that's fine. One should be enough. Do you think that's a good pineapple?

I don't really know anything about pineapples but if it's not you can always bring the receipt back and get a refund. You don't have to bring the fruit with you to get the refund, you can just call ahead.

That's alright, I think it's ripe from the smell.

Is that how you tell?

Yeah, I read online that you can tell a pineapple is ripe if it has that golden hue and you smell a sweet aroma from the bottom.

Huh. That'll be $12.48.

Sounds good. I'll let you know how the pineapple turns out.

Sure, I'll be here.

See you.

Have a good one. Hey, Mikey.

Hey, Mary. What was that guy saying to you?

He was just talking about pineapples. He comes in here once in a while and always buys organic fruit. Last week it was watermelon when it was on sale.

Really?

Yeah, but this week the pineapple is on sale so he got that instead.

I've seen him before a few times. He's nice. Did you see when he was leaving he had a Tesla tattoo on his heel?

A what tattoo?

I just thought it was kind of strange he had the Tesla T logo on his right heel, right here.

What's that?

You know, the electric car. Elon Musk owns it.

Who's that?

He's that billionaire that also owns SpaceX. You know, that space company that fires the rockets over the coast. Well, that's his company, too.

I saw one of those rockets in the sky coming home from work last week.

Yeah, that's him.

Oh, is he that guy that's friends with Trump and was causing all that fuss?

Yeah, that's him.

What about it?

I wonder why that guy that was here would have a Tesla tattoo like that. I didn't see any other tattoos except for that one.

Maybe he works for them.

And has a tattoo? My friend used to work for them. I don't think he had to get a tattoo, but I'm not sure. Hi, Daniel. You know Tesla, right?

Yeah, why?

This guy that was just here had a Tesla tattoo on his heel but nothing else. That was his only one. Mary had never heard of the company.

Weird. Maybe he's one of their next level androids.

One of their what?

You didn't see those androids Tesla is coming out with?

Yeah, I saw the video but those were just robots.

That's just what we're seeing now. I bet they already have more advanced human models ready they're just not showing us, yet.

Would that make him the model H?

Do human androids eat fruit?

I guess if you designed them that way, then, yeah. Did he seem off?

No, he was friendly. Seemed like a normal guy to me.

That's a crazy thing to think about. Tesla could have a line of biological human looking machines out there with their own ai robot running the show and we might never know.

Daniel, what do you mean ai robot?

Elon also has that ai chip company where they put these little computer chips in your head. It lets people access the internet with their mind. They can even communicate telepathically with other humans with the chip. They started doing it with real humans, but they could just insert the same chips into their designed human hybrids and control them that way. They could be walking around town, interacting with us with their own ai personalities and no one would know the difference..

They have something like that?

Yeah, Mary, you wouldn't believe the technology out there.

Wait until she hears about cloning.

I have enough trouble with the maps on my phone.

Daniel, would you ever get the chip in your head?

Maybe. It would be pretty cool to suddenly know all languages.

You'd also never lose a chess game.

How do they do it?

Probably just a little incision in your scalp.

Oh, he's coming back in.

Alright, I gotta get back to it.

See you, Daniel.

Bye.

Hey, welcome back.

Hey, almost forgot a coconut water for the road.

I can't stand that stuff. You want a bag?

I love it. No, thanks.

$2.38. Hey, do you work for Tesla?

Huh? Oh, no. Just a fan. Well, thanks again, Mary. See you later.

See ya. See, Mikey, he's not an android. He just really likes 'em.

Would an alien tell you if they were an alien?

Alf did, but you're too young to know about that.

What's Alf?

A furry brown alien from the planet Melmac. Mikey, you really think that's true about what Daniel was saying about the androids with ai chips in their head and them walking around town eating organic pineapple?

I don't know, I just wondered why that guy would have that Tesla tattoo. I mean, what reason could there be for a tattoo like that?

Hello, how are you?

Good, and you?

Fine. You want a bag for 10 cents?

No, thanks. I brought one.

Alright.

Mary, maybe he drives one.

Drives what?

A Tesla.

My husband drives one.

Does he have a tattoo on his heel?

No. He just drives one.

I had never heard of them. The total is $54.11. Do you want the receipt?

Yes. Thank you.

Thank you, have a nice day.

I guess he either just really likes Tesla then or he's their newest human android.

Maybe he lost a bet.

Maybe. Although, if he were an android, it makes sense they would have their brand somewhere on him. But he was wearing sandals and a tank top.

He was good looking, too.

I guess. Hello, I can help you over here.

Bye, Mikey. Hello, how are you?

Fine. Did I hear you say Tesla?

Yeah, you know 'em? Why's everybody talking about them?

They're terrible.

You don't like the car?

Elon is terrible.

What about the car?

That truck is so ugly.

Never seen it. You want a bag for 10 cents?