Getting Screwed...

[kybearfuzz]

I got off work at my usual time, a good day done. I drive home, get out of the car, get my mail, and tweak the garage door opener to make it easier to raise. I pull the car into the garage and hear a hissing noise.. an all too familiar noise. I walk around the car and note the head of a screw peaking out of my rear tire tread. Grrrrrr! The day just went sour.

I drive my car to a Tires Plus down the road from my neighborhood. The mechanic that comes out to my car says it'll take about 15 minutes. The inside manager makes sure I realize that it may be 7 PM before I get my tire fixed (I got there at 4:45 PM). I think he said this in hopes that I would take it elsewhere. Unfortunately, I'm stuck and, fortunately, not easily intimidated.

"Well," I said sternly, "I guess you'd best get used to me being here for a while then."

During the next hour, I overheard him telling someone on the phone that its easier to buy a new tire than to plug one. Nice try fella, I think, just fix the damn tire.

Near 6 PM, my tire is fixed and I'm out the door, $25 poorer, but they showed me the screw that I had apparently run over. It's over two inches long! Here's the culprit that violated my tire without so much as buying it dinner:



I hope tomorrow is better....

Comments

[vicvmichael.livejournal.com]

Sorry, sweetie. Just goes to show that getting screwed sucks sometimes. Hope the rest of the week is better.

Hey - how about coming up to see Joy! with cincycub? It's gonna be a great concert!

Easier to buy a new tire than to plug one?

[rockyjohn.livejournal.com]

I ran over a nail once and took it to a gas station down the road that had a service center. They removed the nail and patched it up in like 10 minutes and charged me like $5. Don't think I could get a new tire that fast or for that price. ;)

[cincycub.livejournal.com]

Gotta wonder where that screw came from, eh?

[teachingcub.livejournal.com]

Screws? Puncturing? Penetrating? This is just too easy.