Today wasn't a good Friday to me.
Got conference calls started from 1PM and lasted until almost 5PM (so I missed badminton). During the call I found out that I needed to prepare something over weekend so the information can be released on Monday to the customers (so I don't have a weekend!).
On my way home my wife called and she told me her dad's car alarm went off and couldn't be stopped. I thought it would be a simple fix so I told her don't worry I could fix it in 30 minutes.
Well, it turned out that my in-laws left his headlight on and eventually drained the battery out. The car alarm, for some reason, started to make siren noise when the battery level reached some low level mark. So, I jump-started the car and everything was then a-okay. I even told my in-laws that I would drive his car out for a few miles to charge up the battery and then come home. Oh well, that turned out to be a mistake.
The car drove fine for about two miles and I decided to get myself a nice cold Mocha coffee from Burger King (don't ask me why I went there) before heading home. Because I didn't want to stop the engine so I decided to hit the Drive Thru lane instead to place my order. After I placed my order I queued up behind the cars and waiting for my turn to pay the bill. I inched forward slowly and then all of the sudden the engine just died. That's right, it just died. I tried to re-start the engine but the alarm went off!! I said - WTF!!! Remember, I was in the Drive Thru Lane at Burger King so drivers behind me started to yell "What's going on?!" I told them "Sorry, my car just died, can't move. I need someone to push my car out of the Drive Thru Lane". They then said "Sorry, can't help you here". Man, can't you guys lend a helping hand! I meant, they were young to middle-age males, not ladies! One guy even said "there is a Tire Plus across the street from the King". I told them - "I know, but they are closed!" Then I thought - "man, if I were a lady I bet you all would start rolling up your sleeves and start pushing my in-laws car!" Luckily the workers inside Burger King came out and helped push my in-laws car to the parking lot to clear up the jam. I gave two guys $10 each and thanked them for their help. I also paid them the money to cover the Mocha coffee.
Okay, now what. The car couldn't start and the alarm went off whenever I tried to start the engine. I called my wife and told her the bad news and needed her to come to BK with my tools box so I can disconnect the battery cable and stopped the alarm. She then said "You idiot!!!" She came about 20 minutes later and I finally removed the cable and stopped the alarms. I then took out the battery and headed to K-Mart to buy the new battery. I was lucky because K-Mart closed at 10PM and I got there around 9:30 PM. I then returned to the parking lot and replaced the dead battery and everything was then "A_OKAY". By the time I got home it was almost 11PM and all sweat!!!
Finally I then realized that I had forgotten to pick up my ice-cold Mocha from Burger King!!!
!@#$%^&*()&*
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OMG! what an eventful evening. other folks are busy or have things already scheduled that Friday late afternoon badminton seems to be an "on and off" meeting now. anyway, i still like to exercise a bit after a long work week (yes/no - i work on Saturday). let's hope Sat and Sun will be peaceful. u were right - i tried to go to a gas station and add 'air' to my tires, but i had no clue how to use the air machine. i just kept adding quarters to the machine (coz it's ?? minutes/quarter) ... so the machine would not stop. after a good 10 minutes ... someone from the repair shop came out and asked if i need help. he helped me out ... to get all tires done. however, since the incident .. i just went to JiffyLube to have them take care of my tires' air pressure. cheers.
OMG.. that's awful!! and i think those guys in the lane are just so not nice!! >.<
but hey, glad u in-laws get you :) good son-in-law woh hohoho
WittyBB: I bought an air pump and put it in my car. It's easier for me to pump air anytime and it didn't cost much (about $19 and use your car's cigarette lighter to power it up).
Jasper: yeah, those guys were idiots. I couldn't go anywhere anyway so by not helping they would get stuck just like me.
wow... what a sequence of events! glad things all turned out ok... except for the mocha.
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