On the way home from work today about6 blocks away from work I heard and felt this "whub whub whub" and I thought it was the heat that I had cranked so I shut that off and the noise was still there, so I shut off the music and it was still there. I was near a gas station so I zipped in and walked around my truck and my heart dropped when I saw the flat tire. "NOW what do I do?" I knew the tools were in the truck but I had never been taught how to change a tire.
Realization of how helpless I was started to make me upset. I went inside and asked the gas station attendant if he had a phone or knew of one I could use, he looked at me for a moment and answered in a thick German accent "Here, use this" Thankfully the stations phone and I called Darrell. (Gradually getting more and more upset)
He picked up after the third ring and as soon as I heard his voice I broke out in tears and sobs. He almost freaked but got me calmed down and told me that flat tires happen all the time, to cars and trucks and bike's...mine was no different. He told me to fill the tire with air and see if it was just a slow leak and then call him back. So I went out and the attendant hooked up the hose and he filled it up and it turns out I have a huge iron pole in my tire. (Well I thought it was huge). So there was NO WAY I was getting home on that.
So, getting more upset, I called Darrell back and told him I HAD to change the tire. So he said he would call Jillian upstairs and ask if he could use her car and he would be down right away. So I thanked the gas station guy and went to the truck and half read my book until Darrell showed up. Half hour later he shows up and together we figure out how to do it and got it done. He said HE had never even changed a tire on a truck before so I wasn't totally alone in my uselessness.
Then we drove home, yay. I wasn't as upset about the tire as I was about how useless I was in the situation. I have never been taught to change a tire and only thanked my lucky stars that I was in town when it happened and not on the highway in the middle of no where, which is the route I have to take on the way home. and thankfully it didn't happen on the way to work or I would have been up $h!t creek without a paddle. So I'm thanking my lucky stars tonight.
ok sorry to rag, but I thought maybe you all could learn from my experience. GO LEARN HOW TO CHANGE A TIRE!
Realization of how helpless I was started to make me upset. I went inside and asked the gas station attendant if he had a phone or knew of one I could use, he looked at me for a moment and answered in a thick German accent "Here, use this" Thankfully the stations phone and I called Darrell. (Gradually getting more and more upset)
He picked up after the third ring and as soon as I heard his voice I broke out in tears and sobs. He almost freaked but got me calmed down and told me that flat tires happen all the time, to cars and trucks and bike's...mine was no different. He told me to fill the tire with air and see if it was just a slow leak and then call him back. So I went out and the attendant hooked up the hose and he filled it up and it turns out I have a huge iron pole in my tire. (Well I thought it was huge). So there was NO WAY I was getting home on that.
So, getting more upset, I called Darrell back and told him I HAD to change the tire. So he said he would call Jillian upstairs and ask if he could use her car and he would be down right away. So I thanked the gas station guy and went to the truck and half read my book until Darrell showed up. Half hour later he shows up and together we figure out how to do it and got it done. He said HE had never even changed a tire on a truck before so I wasn't totally alone in my uselessness.
Then we drove home, yay. I wasn't as upset about the tire as I was about how useless I was in the situation. I have never been taught to change a tire and only thanked my lucky stars that I was in town when it happened and not on the highway in the middle of no where, which is the route I have to take on the way home. and thankfully it didn't happen on the way to work or I would have been up $h!t creek without a paddle. So I'm thanking my lucky stars tonight.
ok sorry to rag, but I thought maybe you all could learn from my experience. GO LEARN HOW TO CHANGE A TIRE!