Yes, I was 3 days late in getting my state inspection sticker for my car. Yes, my mother nagged me for 2 weeks while I was home recovering from surgery with nothing better to do. Yes, tomorrow is a holiday weekend and I needed to get it PRONTO because the chances of me getting pulled over for something will be greatly increased.
So, what do I do? I call the dealership and make an appointment for 8:00 this morning. I didn't want to risk waiting in line at a gas station and then being late for work. So I get up early (earlier than I normally do), rush around and get to the dealership at about 7:50. They pull me in right away, and I go sit in the waiting area. There, I proceeded to wait...and wait...and wait... This was the longest inspection of my life. A little after 8:30 the guy comes out and says that they had a problem with calibrating the machine, and they just fixed it. Ok fine. So then I wait another 20 minutes and the guy comes out and says that I have a brake light out. Fine. Replace the damn bulb!!! (now, I have to say that my dad followed me home last night from jeremy's baseball game, and he didn't mention that any of my lights were out. This *could* be because I didn't have my lights on...different brake lights for when they're on and off...but i'm not so sure).
Another 20 minutes goes by. I'm ready to start throwing things through the windshield of the nice new Saturn whatever it was. I was FUMING. Now, I'm not really an impatient person...but it is now 9:20 or so, and I am still sitting there. AND I left my phone in my car, so I couldn't even call the office to tell them I'm still alive.
The guy comes out again and says that not only did I have ONE brake light out, I had TWO brake lights AND a turn signal out. Now, I think this is all BS by now because when your turn signal goes out, the indicator on your dash clicks really fast. No fast clicking was going on. But at this point, I just wanted to get the heck out of there (which is a good thing, because they replaced all the bulbs without asking me).
Then the guy has the audacity to say to me, "we didn't charge you for the labor on the bulbs...it would have been $15 a pop". SAY WHAT??? The bulbs only cost $4 each. Had I known I had bulbs out, I would have replaced them myself... seriously. Gee, thanks for doing me a huge favor, dude.
I was already 45 minutes late, so I figure, "screw this, I'm going to Dunks". So Dunkin Donuts is on the left, and I'm on the right, I go and turn into the drive thru, and it is ANGLED for people coming from the other side of the road... not only that, because it was FULL, there I was, hanging out into the street, perpendicular to oncoming traffic. I'm in a fit of rage at this point, and decide I want to back out. Too much traffic, and there were barriers on the side of the drive thru so I couldn't cut through the parking lot.
So now, I'm feasting on a cheddar bacon turkey flatbread (yummerlicious) and an iced latte. Take THAT you bad day!!!
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