Cad

– It can't be that difficult to design a new kitchen. You seem to be taking a long time over it.
– There are a lot of things to decide on. And some tricky technical challenges. For instance, it all has to fit.
– Surely the kitchen stores employ highly trained specialists who know how to do this sort of thing. With their computer-aided design software. You go along, describe vaguely what you would like, and, before you know it, you have an impressive 3D plan. With, ideally, everything fitting.
– Yes, I've gone through all of that. It is a fascinating process. And yet, somehow, deeply traumatic. Seeing your future mapped out before you.
– Not your entire future: just your kitchen.
– It's all the same. It's another little slice of your life that's been parcelled up by other people, no longer in your control.
– You could try telling them what you would like. Then it's not out of your control: instead, you get your heart's desire. It's rather like an allegory of life itself.
– I'm not sure there's room to fit in one of those.
– One of what?
– An allegory. Unless you can get a slimline one.