big mistake
A friend I had not seen in a while asked if we could catch up on our
lives while he changed rotors and brake pads on his girlfriend's Toyota
Camry. His girlfriend was working in a mall, and he promised to do the long
promised work in the lot if she parked under a tree. I followed him to the
mall one sunny day and found the spots under trees taken by non-Toyota cars.
Finally, we found a beige Toyota Camry, so we parked next to it and broke
out the tools. We chatted as he jacked up the car and easily swapped out the
rotors and brakes (which did not look that bad). With the brake job
accomplished, we met his girlfriend at the mall entrance. As Bob started
walking, his girlfriend started walking in another direction. She asked
where he was going. It turned out we had changed brakes on the wrong car!
She had parked in a different section of the lot, expecting him to come in
and ask for keys.
We waited for the owner of the newly shoed Camry to come out and explained
what happened. Hoping to find out that we had been good Samaritans, the car
was a rental to boot! With my own errands to run, I left him there
scratching his head.
Manny in New Jersey
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