The traffic is horrendous this evening. Did somebody skid out of control up ahead? I can't help myself: in rapid succession I manually scan to the next station. Is it 'seek' or 'scan'? I guess the scan button automatically receives the next station, stops for about six seconds, then proceeds to the next station, hoping that the driver will eventually decide to stop the endless sequence when something appealing is heard.

The mandatory six seconds is agonizingly long; only one or two seconds is enough to know that investing any more valuable time at that station will be entirely fruitless, devoid of any pleasure, empty of any hope, a vast wasteland of tiresome, uninspired jingles, a series of insipid marketing ploys, and annoying voice-overs urging me to buy a wonderful piece of mediocrity. No thank you. My sole thought is to recline in peace at home.