On my drive up north, I got a flat tire on the 5. (yeah, now that I live in LA I say "the" 5)
Called AAA, and waited for tow truck guy who took an hour.
He arrived, a pretty normal looking redneck with a "Geoff" nametag. His hands were filthy, and he continually rubbed his face while speaking to me and smearing more tire goop on his face.
The entire conversation we had was hilarious, but my favorite was his story regarding his ex wife.
For some reason, he read in my eyes that I love muscle cars from the 70s. I wasn't wearing any of my usual butt rock shirts, so how he knew this, I'm not sure. Well, he let me know that he has three Trans Ams. Well, except now he only has two. This is because he'd just finished restoring one and it only had a few hundred miles on the odometer, but he hadn't driven it yet. When he came home from work, he saw it fly out of his driveway and crash into a tree, totaling it. It ends up his (now ex) wife was jealous he loved the car more than her, and had placed a brick on the gas pedal. This is what ultimately destroyed their marriage.
The best part is I think he brought it up, literally out of no where, just to let me know he was available, and also has a lot of Trans Ams. Perhaps this works on girls from Coalinga. Anyway, it was entirely hilarious, and I gave him some sympathetic words before heading into town for the rest of my tiny hick town adventures.
Called AAA, and waited for tow truck guy who took an hour.
He arrived, a pretty normal looking redneck with a "Geoff" nametag. His hands were filthy, and he continually rubbed his face while speaking to me and smearing more tire goop on his face.
The entire conversation we had was hilarious, but my favorite was his story regarding his ex wife.
For some reason, he read in my eyes that I love muscle cars from the 70s. I wasn't wearing any of my usual butt rock shirts, so how he knew this, I'm not sure. Well, he let me know that he has three Trans Ams. Well, except now he only has two. This is because he'd just finished restoring one and it only had a few hundred miles on the odometer, but he hadn't driven it yet. When he came home from work, he saw it fly out of his driveway and crash into a tree, totaling it. It ends up his (now ex) wife was jealous he loved the car more than her, and had placed a brick on the gas pedal. This is what ultimately destroyed their marriage.
The best part is I think he brought it up, literally out of no where, just to let me know he was available, and also has a lot of Trans Ams. Perhaps this works on girls from Coalinga. Anyway, it was entirely hilarious, and I gave him some sympathetic words before heading into town for the rest of my tiny hick town adventures.
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hehehe. "Coalinga". Hehehe.