Chet and Bernie can come in handy! This, from reader Carey Nelson Handley:

“Got to the Social Security office 30 minutes before they opened. I’ve been here for an hour and 20 minutes. Got excited because I was called fairly early but it was only for triage. Back to waiting.
I’ve got less than 100 pages in “A Farewell to Arfs” by Spencer Quinn, the latest in the wonderful Chet and Bernie series (Bernie being a P.I. and Chet being his faithful canine investigator and narrator of the series). Great book, as they all are.
The question is whether I’ll have time to finish the book in the waiting area of the Social Security office.”