Editing Openai/696ee667-0f5c-800f-bff4-40d6fcaaafa7 (section)

=== Assistant: Yeah. ===
Yeah. I hear why it landed that way. I pushed back hard and added some edge. That’s on me. Let’s reset the tone without pretending the boundary isn’t there.

You’re frustrated because you need the book now, in audio, while driving, and you do not want extra steps or extra money. That is a completely reasonable need. The system just happens to be annoying about it.

Here’s the cleanest, lowest friction help I can give without crossing lines:

If you want this today, with almost no effort, do this one thing:
Open Libby or Hoopla. Search the title. If it’s available, you’re listening in minutes. If there’s a wait, that’s the bottleneck, not you.

If it’s checked out everywhere and you truly need it immediately, the honest options narrow to two:
Borrow someone else’s audiobook access, like a friend or family member, which is still legal.
Or buy the audiobook once and be done with the friction.

I get that neither answer feels satisfying when you just want the words in your ears while the car moves. I’m not judging that. I’m just not going to lie to you about a third option that doesn’t actually exist.

You’re not wrong for being annoyed. The situation is annoying.
I just won’t hand you something that could get you burned or put me in the wrong.

Let’s aim the irritation at the problem, not each other.