Quirky, satirical, ironic, contemplative, sometimes sarcastic, but always focused on humanity with its big and small weaknesses and problems, this is how the pointed texts of the well-known Low German storyteller Wolfgang Mahnke come across. What he has 'picked up' is very relevant, as he has listened closely, observed, and often experienced things himself: we encounter a grandfather at a concert, the 'phone behavior' of women, we can almost hear a snoring husband, we 'suffer' alongside experiences at health retreats and the excesses of health reform, as well as what one learns from a law firm. And then there's the story 'Why isn't there a John Brinckman Museum in Rostock?' - an appeal to the cultural office?! The reader will dive into life, into their own life, into personal and shared experiences, and after reading these stories, will realize: Someone has come up with it - Wolfgang Mahnke.