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Kharma, and random kindness.
12 years ago
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The holidays are always hard on everyone who isn't super well off. Days off means cut pay, long trips to visit family means more spent on gas money...It's always rough. But you always hear these stories of people being incredibly nice for no reason other than it's the season etc...But it never seems to happen to you.
Well today I absolutely needed to buy atleast one tire. I honestly needed all four but figured I'll get two this week and two in a couple weeks. Well I showed up at the tire shop and bought my tires and took my seat to wait.
It ended up that the way they run their shop is that they have to rotate the old tires to the front and put the new ones on the back. Supposedly that's safer and keeps you from loosing control and rolling your vehicle. I don't know that I believe that...but whatever. Well it turns out that my rear tires were so bad he wasnt comfortable putting them on the front. Frankly I wasn't comfortable with that either, because if they were to blow or whatever that's a steer tire I'd loose but whatever.
So he comes to me and asks me when I planned on buying the other two tires and I told him in two weeks. He thought for a moment and told me he was going to put all four tires on for me if I promised to come pay him in two weeks. He held his hand out and we shook on it.
He had no real good reason other than concern for my safety to be doing that but I'm so very grateful. I don't like oweing people so I'm going to see if I can swing paying him next week....
It's good to know there are nice folk out there still. I do beleive for as long as I live in Indianapolis I won't be buying tires any where else, and will happily recomend the shop to anyone who's in need of rubber.
That being said I'm ready to dive back into finsihing up the few things I've got to do and handling more. With the holidays over I'll have more time.
I've also had a pretty shitty migraine for like a week and a half. It's finally subsided but it ranged anywhere from mild discomfort and sleepiness to full blown searing pain and nausea...
So yeah, I'm totally ready for more work, and I hope I can pay it forward as it comes to the fella who threw the tires on my car.
Well today I absolutely needed to buy atleast one tire. I honestly needed all four but figured I'll get two this week and two in a couple weeks. Well I showed up at the tire shop and bought my tires and took my seat to wait.
It ended up that the way they run their shop is that they have to rotate the old tires to the front and put the new ones on the back. Supposedly that's safer and keeps you from loosing control and rolling your vehicle. I don't know that I believe that...but whatever. Well it turns out that my rear tires were so bad he wasnt comfortable putting them on the front. Frankly I wasn't comfortable with that either, because if they were to blow or whatever that's a steer tire I'd loose but whatever.
So he comes to me and asks me when I planned on buying the other two tires and I told him in two weeks. He thought for a moment and told me he was going to put all four tires on for me if I promised to come pay him in two weeks. He held his hand out and we shook on it.
He had no real good reason other than concern for my safety to be doing that but I'm so very grateful. I don't like oweing people so I'm going to see if I can swing paying him next week....
It's good to know there are nice folk out there still. I do beleive for as long as I live in Indianapolis I won't be buying tires any where else, and will happily recomend the shop to anyone who's in need of rubber.
That being said I'm ready to dive back into finsihing up the few things I've got to do and handling more. With the holidays over I'll have more time.
I've also had a pretty shitty migraine for like a week and a half. It's finally subsided but it ranged anywhere from mild discomfort and sleepiness to full blown searing pain and nausea...
So yeah, I'm totally ready for more work, and I hope I can pay it forward as it comes to the fella who threw the tires on my car.
It's for sure great that happened, people need good things and new tires is a relief when yours are dying off.
Glad you found a decent human being in this instance!
Its absolutely true that its safer to put the new tires on the rear axle. I can't say I understand the science behind it but it has to do with weight and how they grip. I know we always reccomend it at work and that reccomendation comes straight from the manufacturers, my manager who's a total car nerd explained it once and frankly...went way over my head
Indianapolis, huh? I figured y'all'd head back to the big O. UuU Living there seems cheaper. Taxes here are out the ass.
It's all fubar...plus we had a lot of luck with rent being more reasonable here...
Huge house, reasonable price.
And who-know-how-heavy an ass. :D
Yesterday I was at a Meineke for an estimate on my Jetta's brakes, cause I was fearing the rear brakes were shot. They said we give free estimates. Then they dropped an estimated $1520 repair bill on me after visually looking at it (Brake pads had plenty of meat on the pads!) Calipers, rotors, brake cables were going or bad. I was shocked and told the man I flat out can't afford $1500 right now.
My free estimate was $54, since I didn't get any work done, and yes I was forced to pay. Seems the free estimate is only of work is done. I called a buddy in Tucson who works at a Major Car parts place, I can get ALL the parts needed for the cost of ONE Caliper Meineke wanted!!
Now to find a shop that will perform the job with the parts I supply.....when I can afford this.
I'd offer, but the only time I ever see you is at a convention.
Curious tho. How are you going about your commissions lately? I don't have a ton of money, but there is something I'd like to have do.