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mhsprecher · 10-24-2015, 06:47 AM

My story is the opposite of these. I stopped in a quick stop to grab a soda and saw a couple of young women next to a car with a flat tire and a wheel-less tire out next to the car. I wondered what was up, so I went over and asked if they needed some help? They said yes, that they looked in the trunk and found this tire, but could not figure out how it would get on the car? I said this was just an old tire and that the spare should be under the floor of the trunk, which, it indeed was. I asked if either of them had changed a tire before? No, was the answer, so I figured that I had a teachable moment there and showed them, and got their help, in changing the tire.

When we were all done, I asked them how long they had been waiting there? About 45 minutes. I asked where were all the gentlemen and dads out there who should have helped these young ladies? Well, it was me, I guess. We all left happy.

10-24-2015, 06:47 AM	#13
mhsprecher Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Takoma Park, MD Posts: 2,818	Re: A first for me.... My story is the opposite of these. I stopped in a quick stop to grab a soda and saw a couple of young women next to a car with a flat tire and a wheel-less tire out next to the car. I wondered what was up, so I went over and asked if they needed some help? They said yes, that they looked in the trunk and found this tire, but could not figure out how it would get on the car? I said this was just an old tire and that the spare should be under the floor of the trunk, which, it indeed was. I asked if either of them had changed a tire before? No, was the answer, so I figured that I had a teachable moment there and showed them, and got their help, in changing the tire. When we were all done, I asked them how long they had been waiting there? About 45 minutes. I asked where were all the gentlemen and dads out there who should have helped these young ladies? Well, it was me, I guess. We all left happy.