(buzzer sound)
(over speaker) Who you here to see?
Uh, Steve?
Come on in.
(door buzzer sound)
And please make sure we have enough cereal.
Okay. Thank you.
Hi. Can I help you?
Um, is Steve around?
I wanted to see if he wanted to go to that concert tonight.
I'm sorry. Steve isn't available.
He's booked solid all day. Do you want me to take a message?
Booked?? It's Saturday.
I know.
So what's he doing all day?
Nothing.
Excuse me?
Well, I should be more specific.
Doing nothing productive.
How can you be busy doing nothing?
Let's see.
Um...
6:30-8:30 a.m.
we've got "laying in bed, playing on his phone."
Then he goes straight on to "sitting on the couch, playing on his phone."
Breakfast of a Reese's Cup and a Dr. Pepper.
And then at about ten, he starts his video gaming session where he's reserved
he's reserved 25 minutes to kind of just decide which game
he wants to play.
And then until lunch, he's
just going to kind of switch back and forth between two games
he's not all that interested in.
I wouldn't exactly call that being busy-- (phone rings)
Hold on.
Hello?
Oh, hi.
No, your son isn't available right now.
You did?
He might not have seen it.
You might have caught him in the middle
of his dozing off while watching Pluto TV session.
Yeah, maybe try again later this afternoon.
You can probably get him in between "looking out the window
because he heard a commotion" and "pacing around the floor,
imagining full blown scenarios that will never happen."
Buh bye.
I just saw him!
Steve!
Shh!
This is considered a low decibel zone.
Now, where was I?
Oh, yeah.
11:45 lunch: a bowl of Cocoa Puffs and beef jerky
followed by dessert:
a bowl of Cocoa Puffs.
You know what? I'm just gonna text him.
Okay, but just so you know, his schedule
makes it very hard to respond.
I'm pretty sure everything you said involves Steve playing on his phone.
So?
So, he'll see my text.
He might see it, but that doesn't mean he'll respond.
Listen, responding takes energy,
and that is exactly what we're trying to avoid here.
Well that's rude!
Is it?
Yes! I'm his friend! He should respond to my texts!
I'm sorry.
Texts? As in multiple??
Yeah.
This is not good.
Now his anxiety is up and his energy is down,
and this is going to definitely impact his 2:30 nap.
If he doesn't want to go to the concert, why doesn’t he just say so?
Oh, uh, he will!
Looks like he's just added a ten minute block of
"crafting the perfect text message
to respond to Roger about the concert without hurting his feelings."
This is probably gonna be back and forth all day
and he might have to sleep on it.
The concert is tonight.
Don't tell me he's going to pull that
"hey man, I just got your text" thing.
Well he won't now.
Just let me talk to him!
I'm sorry. I can't do that.
I already told you his schedule is full.
Full of nothing!
Nothing but waste of time after waste of time.
He may be doing nothing, but it's not a waste of time.
If you wanna talk about wasting time,
who shows up to someone's doorstep to make plans?
Sounds to me like what he should be doing is getting out of the house,
seeing his friends, being active, being productive!
Steve is recharging. He is overwhelmed and drained.
It doesn't matter why.
He just is now.
Now, you can choose to believe he's wasting away
But sometimes, doing nothing is doing something
when you need to rest and recharge.
He's not being rude or antisocial.
He's just taking care of himself.
And it is my job to make sure that he gets that well-needed rest.
Okay, I get it.
I'll leave him alone.
Thank you.
Actually, sounds kind of nice.
Do you think Steve would mind, like, we hang out together and
just do nothing?
I think he would.
All right, I get it.
He doesn't wanna be social today.
Tell him I hope we can hang out soon.
I'll do that.
What happened?
Is this a power outage?
Oh, no. It's 1:30.
Let me guess.
"Turn off all the lights and dance in the dark to that new Beyonce album?" Yep.
Yup.
Ah.
(dance music in background)