Yesterday we received a call at the shop. Your standard call mind you, there was nothing that stood out or was different about it. A motorist was on the side of the road, just down the street in town, trying to fix his wheel which was quite literally falling off his vehicle.
I took down the information and gave it to my fiancé who then got on the line with the gentleman. He got in the tow truck and drove up to meet him. Just another day, just another call.
My fiancé returned to the shop about forty minutes later. When I saw his face, I already knew (after six years, I can read him that way most times). He explained to me that the motorist was missing lug nuts from the tire and one of the two remaining was stripped – in other words, it was useless. The motorist explained to him that he really needed to get home and wasn’t sure what to do at this point. It was late in the day and after several calls, it was impossible to get the lug nuts necessary to repair the vehicle properly “at that moment”.
Being a bit “MacGyver”ish, (I’ve written about this before); my fiancé took one lug nut off each of the other wheels and put them on the wheel that was falling off. He explained to the motorist this was not a long term or even technically ‘safe’ situation however, as long as he wasn’t going too far and drove slowly, he should make it home. He advised him to call his garage the next day and schedule to have the lug nuts ordered and put on.
Job done, motorist on the road, yep just another day. He asked what he owed for the road service. In typical fashion, my fiancé told him he owed him nothing. “Do something nice for someone else today”. That’s my man. I wouldn’t want him any other way…
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