Got my car Fixed

By Tom Remington

I took my car over to Sam's garage to get an oil change. When I dropped it off, Sam said he didn't know when he could get to. Well, I didn't quite understand what he meant by that because other than Sam and Frank, his hired help, there was no one around for miles and I had an appointment.

I said to Sam, "Well, you're not very busy. Why can't you do it now?" "I can't", said Sam. "I forgot to put you on my schedule, so you ain't scheduled to have an oil change today." I still didn't understand what Sam was talking about so I asked him again, "Are you going to change the oil in my car today?" "I'll try", was his answer. "If I come back at the end of the day do you think you'll have it done," I asked? "I'll try", was his answer.

So I left and hesitantly left my car to have the oil changed. When I returned at 4:30 to get my car, it was still in the garage. I went over to Sam and asked him if it was finished. "Almost", said Sam. "I just got to finish painting the rear quarter panel on the passenger's side."

I nearly fell over backwards in shock and disbelief. "I didn't need my rear quarter panel painted when I brought the car in here", I yelled! "Yep", said Sam. "That happened when the deer ran into the side of your car this afternoon."

"A deer ran into the side of my car this afternoon", I asked? "Yep", was Sam's reply. "Frank had to take your car out for a test drive to make sure the new tires were balanced right. When he was coming back down over Grover Hill, a deer ran right out of the woods and into the side of your car."

"New tires? What new tires? I didn't need any new tires for my car when I left it here this morning!", I cried. "Yep," was his reply. "But when he was brazing on your new muffler and tailpipe, he set his torch down for a second and it burned a hole in the side of your tire and ruined it."

"You were brazing on a new muffler? But I don't need a new muffler!" I yelled some more. "Yep," was his reply. "When Frank finished replacing your windshield, he was backing up out of the garage and forgot about the floor jack and ran right over it and ripped off your muffler and tail pipe. But it's as good as new now."

"You were replacing my windshield? There was nothing wrong with my windshield this morning when I left my car here!" I continued to scream. "Yep," was his reply. "When Frank was replacing the alternator, he banged his knuckles, got mad and threw his ratchet and it hit the windshield and broke it."

"Changing my alternator? What for? I didn't need a new alternator!" I cried. "Yep," was his reply. "Until Frank accidentally dumped the radiator stop leak he was putting in your radiator into the alternator."

"Why would I need radiator stop leak in my radiator? There was nothing wrong with my radiator!", I continued. "Yep," was his reply. "That was before Frank put a hole in it."

"How did Frank put a hole in it? Or do I dare ask?" was my question. "Yep," was his reply. "Frank was having trouble getting the oil filter off, so when his wrench slipped it made a hole in your radiator - but not a very big one. A little radiator stop leak and it'll be good as new."

"This is ridiculous!", I yelled. "I not paying for any of this and you'll be talking with my lawyer! My advice to you is you better get rid of that Frank guy. He'll put you out of business!" "I can't do that," exclaimed Sam. "He's the best man I got!"