so i had an interview in downtown denver today. i parked in a lot and walked a couple blocks to it. on the way back i could see a woman standing next to her car looking at it funny and talking on her phone, so i assumed she either had a flat or had been in an accident. i saw her from about a block and a half away and in the time it took me to get to her (she was in the lot i was parked in, about 15 feet from my car) TONS of guys walked and drove past her and no one stopped to help. when i got near her i could see it was a flat and offered to help. she was older, but amazingly attractive for her age and i was just shocked that if no one stopped to help her just to be a good samaritan that no one stopped in the hopes of getting her number or a story that they could type up and send to penthouse. what's the world coming to when you can't count on men being selfish and opportunistic? she said no, she was calling her husband, but when i got in my car and started backing up i could see her sheepishly walking to me. i got out and it turned out that her husband couldn't make it down there for awhile.
i got her tire changed. i had to guilt a heavy set guy to step on the wrench for me because they'd tightened some of the lugnuts too tight, but i got her on her way. the bad part about it was that she felt like she had to offer me money for helping. things are just weird. why do you have to pay someone to take ten minutes to change a tire for you?
moral of the story? when you get the tires on your car changed, make an ass of yourself and make sure that they don't over torque the lug nuts. they'll get lazy and just drive those nuts on with an air wrench. it's easy to get'em off with an air wrench. but when you're stuck on the side of the road it can kinda suck. you're paying them good money, make'em do their job right.
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I kind of think the moral of the story is to wait for the hunky military man to come by, but that's just me...
Hope I didn't embarrass you - all in good fun.
I'm kinda with EDW on that one.
Putting those nuts on with an impact wrench also plays hell on disc brakes. They are required by law to torque set lugnuts in most states but that seldom actually happens.
I'm glad you helped her out. Her husband was probably miles away and it was somehow still his fault.
You're luckier than me. They're always ugly unless the wife is there. If she is there they are always drop dead knock outs. And, for me it is never a tire but usually something worse. And it usually cost me a trip to the parts store and all of my spending cash.
Funny how a lady has trouble in a big city like Denver and it takes a fella from Arizona to stop and render aid.
You're a good man, Charlie Brown!
It was still very nice of you to help her out.
Sean you remind me of what life CAN be like..that was nice of you to help her..I'm sure she appreciated it and perhaps she will do a good deed for someone..because you restored her faith in mankind :-)
That was very chivalrous of you to help her out. And obviously that doesn't happen a lot anymore, even though the number of women who actually know how to change a tire hasn't dramatically increased over the years. Kudos to you.
Am I the only one who thinks that if you can't change your own tire you shouldn't be driving?
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