Wednesday

~ Oto's ~

So my van is acting up, you know, not behaving right, like when I let Autumn and Swanny use it on Sunday to go to Home Depot to get their Christmas tree and then I get a call from them saying that the van won't start and I tell them that they have to jiggle the gear shifter and turn the key and find the sweet spot but they can't seem to do it so then I have to find the hide-a-key for Autumn's car and run up to Home Depot to jump the van, and it started, but I have no idea why it started because I do not believe there is any problem with the battery so the next day I take the car to Oto's garage in Freeport and tell them the problem and leave it there and Phfritzie let's me use her car so I come home and about two hours later I get a call from Oto saying that there is nothing wrong with the van, that he can tell, and I tell him about the clicking when I turn the key and he says it's got to be the battery and I tell him I don't think so, so he tells me that he'll check all the connections and then calls back ten minutes later and tells me he found the connection at the starter was loose and that was the problem so I tell him I'll come pick up the van tomorrow and he says OK and when I go to pick up the van he says the keys are in it and I ask him what do I owe him and he shrugs and says...we'll make it up next time...no charge...so I get my van fixed for free. Whaddayathinkamenow?

8 comments:

Reggie Hunnicutt said...

Good neighbors and good community.

Lu' said Happy Thanksgiving Oto but are you sure it isn't Otto said...

I think you met a person the way people used to be before stores started being open on Thanksgiving Day.

Ken said...

You still should send me $5 for consulting, and not laughing.

Dice Mardell said...

I hate it when my car won't strat.

...but I like that I can read it eevn thouhg ist spleled worng.

One of life's GREAT mysteries.

Anonymous said...

the joys and benifets of living in small towns and doing buisness with small family owned shops. community and inter-personal interaction.

what we used to be all about.

bruno

Gal'Lis said...

We got us some'o that here,2. Nice to know humans haven't given up on each other. Good tidings

Reggie Hunnicutt said...

Good tidings. I just don't hear people bidding good tidings except around the holidays. I'll bid you adieu. Have you been adieued lately? Who'll raise me?

Neux said...

That's good olde-fashioned nice-ness. Happened to me when I took my car to the Swanny family mechanic onaccounta my airbag light was on. People are nice. =]