The characters in this story show a slice of what could be everyday life after some sort of tragedy. It shows a dentist just doing his job, even putting aside distaste for a person, and it shows a mayor coming to one of his citizens because he needs a favor. It is even possible to construe from “One of These Days” that the characters hate each other, or that they used to be friends and some event broke them apart. However, they still require each other for basic, everyday things. The mayor needs the dentist for his health, and the dentist needs the mayor to run the town.