Easter was turning out to be a good day and we were excited because Scott’s sisters were flying in that night. All was well until we decided to stop and get gas. Usually we go to the full service stands by our house so it’s no problem. But we stopped at a self service and in our haste I decided to put diesel fuel into our newish car! I have no excuse except that I’m an idiot and just grabbed a hose and stuck it in the car. Sigh...
This foolish action has spiraled into a big mess, but it also exemplifies the madness and kindness of the people here. First, the gas attendant helped us push the car back into the parking lot after it died when we tried to start it (luckily it didn’t blow up!). Then when we found out the gas station didn’t have the equipment to fix the car, he literally ran over next door to the car dealer to see if they were still open. Sadly they weren’t so the gas station allowed us to leave the car overnight. Our kind neighbor Kevin came to pick us up, and all was well for the night.
The next day I asked one of my teachers to help me call the station and see if I could go pick up the car the following day on my day off. Naturally they were a little pissed that we were taking up a spot in their small parking area so they asked me to move the car that day. Then my teacher called her AAA to see if they could tow it and then called her cousin who is a mechanic to see if he could fix it. Then the manager of the gas station called and was pretty mad about my car being left there so that was scary, but then he called back and said a friend of his at a shop could tow it and fix it up. Amazing! Even though we were putting them out and the whole thing was my fault, they were still offering ways to help.
In the end it took some more
maneuvering in which I managed to ask help from three other car places, but it got fixed and I made some new friends or maybe they all hate me and hate foreigners now! Luckily it didn’t cost too much to fix and we were able to use it and drive Scott’s sisters around. And we’re never doing self service again! Well, some of my teachers said they’re too scared to use self service so I felt a little better. I think I managed to thank everyone that helped me with a little gift, but hopefully we won’t have any more car drama!
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