Tire Irons

Not sure where to put this, so here it is.

True story.

This past Saturday...Easter Weekend...I was walking to a local big box store to grab a few things for my daughter. Right now my truck is off the road and I walk everywhere. This trip was about a mile. I had my ear buds in, listening to Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher....a fun podcast you should check out.

This woman in a beat up car did not cut me off, but it could have been seen that way. I am in front of a Speedway gas station on a 4 lane road. I glance at the car and it has a front passenger flat to the rim.

I decide to help. Being the owner of a broken down truck, I thought it was good car-ma.

The driver is a new mom in her 20's, her passengers were her 2 yo and her mom...who sounds like Janis Joplin.

They ask if the store sells Fix-A-Flat. I look closer at the tire and reply: Probably, but it will not work for them...sticking out of the tire is what appears to be the needle for a bike tire pump. I offer to change it for them if they have a spare.

A spare? The driver asks. Yeah, a spare tire or donut i reply. They don't know. We pop the trunk and it is a brand new donut.

I get everything I need from the trunk of the car. I proceed to loosen the lug nuts. 5 of them fit the tire iron, number six was a bigger nut.

No problem, I will ask the dude with his personal company truck. He pulls over by us and doesn't have one that fits. Now, in my truck, I have a four way tire iron and a two ton jack. Wish I had my truck.

There is a harbor freight in the same plaza....I will go buy one. I tell them I will be right back. I head over to the store and walk in.

I am met by two employees, one in his 40's and one in her 20's. They ask if they can help me. Sure I reply.

" Do y'all have a four way tire iron? That jerk in the parking lot has just pissed me off"

Both look at me funny. Dude doesn't miss a beat. "Right over here. He laughs...you almost got me."

We get back to the counter, young girl asks "Are we gonna sell this to him? Shouldn't we call the cops?"

Dude laughs. No, I keep telling you, not everything someone says is real....it was a joke.

He laughed as I left, she just stares at me.

Got the tire changed. Left the new tire iron in their trunk, and went on my way.

a reply to: theatreboy

"Car-ma"(sic)....is the gift that keeps giving!
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You cant joke with liberals. That girl voted for Joe. Go figure.

Love this story theatreboy! The world seems pretty dismal these days, and it keeps my spirits up to know there are still people in this world that aren't too preoccupied with their own life to help others in a time of need. My hat is off to you!

originally posted by: theatreboy

We get back to the counter, young girl asks "Are we gonna sell this to him? Shouldn't we call the cops?"

"Never mind. Just ring me up for the sledgehammer, duct tape, gloves, and shovel."

I bet I changed a dozen tires for women in my lifetime. Some old, some young. Maybe I am a sexist, but if a guy has a flat on side of the road, I may stop and lend him a tool, but a guy in my book can change his own tire unless he is over sixty five or is in real bad shape. Most old people used to have good tires on their cars and did not go into places with nails as much as younger people do. Experience tells you to make sure where you park or drive, stay away from places where there are nails on the driveway.

I always had a four way in our trucks and cars but with our new subaru, I just have the factory stuff. Guess I don't plan on helping people anymore when I am over sixty five.