What a Day!

The day started out like any other ordinary day. I went to job one, took care of things there, then went to the dentist, and had some afterwards before job number two, to go to Wa*Ma*t to pick up a few things. I even figured I would have plenty of time after that errand to get a bite to eat and relax, as it would be past midnight before I would get home. It really was a great plan until...pulling out of my parking space at the store, the car started to sputter and not sound good at all, and I could barely pull out into the through lane that exited the parking lot, so I turned back in, and the car died and rolled to a stop. Try as I might, the car would not do a thing but crank and stop. I had several people blocked so asked a lady who was loading her car with her hefty healthy looking son if they could help me push the car into a parking place. Without hesitation, they pushed and in no time, I was half parked. I ended up taking two spaces, but at least I was out of the way. In that short amount of time, I bet 4 people came up to me and asked if I needed any help or needed to use their phone. I couldn't believe it. They were all so nice. I had already called my mechanic, who didn't have much to tell me that would help, I called a tow truck, and called my sis in law, to come pick me up, as I couldn't be late for this job number two. I sat there for over a half an hour, trying every now and then to start it, but no luck, so resigned myself to the fact I was going to be without a car for a day or two. Just before my sis in law arrived, I decided to give it one more shot and wouldn't you know, it started right up, and ran fine. So I called and canceled the tow truck and took the car over to the garage, and left it there to see what in the heck caused that to happen. Whew!

The one thing about this experience I thought was so interesting is the people that asked me if I needed help all were very common type people. They were driving older cars, and one could tell, they didn't have a lot. The few people that were annoyed that I had taken two spots, and if they were really paying attention enough to notice I was having car problems, were ladies of means, driving big nice new cars. They didn't think to ask if I needed help. Had I been at the mall, and not Wally world, I wouldn't have had one person ask me if I needed help, I bet.

Let's hear it for the kindness of the common person.