After some four hours of lies and excuses, the road service driver finally showed up. And guess what? We have been dealing with a tow truck service that doesn’t have a bleedin’ tow truck! That’s right. They only have a great big flatbed truck that doesn’t fit in our driveway: you need a regular tow truck for that. And they ain’t got one.
We are living in the age of Nothing Works.
Now I’m hours behind in my work, viewership way down, my legs are killing me from standing around and waiting all this time, and the auto club–I suppose! but I could be wrong–is trying to find a tow truck service that actually has a tow truck.
How about a lifeboat service that has no boat? A first aid squad that has no ambulance?
I wonder if this was what happened to the Indus Valley civilization.
P.S.–The auto club just called. They’ve found a tow truck. I didn’t ask where. They’ll be here within an hour. I think we’ve heard that before.
If this weren’t so painful, I’d say it would make a great sitcom.
Actually, with a little editing to accommodate 19th-century technology, it might make a good chapter in “Oy, Rodney.”
When one’s life begins to resemble a chapter in “Oy, Rodney,” one is out on a limb and behind the eight ball.
What’s an eight ball doing in the limbs of a tree? Sounds even more like an “Oy, Rodney” chapter. 😁😁
“To be out on a limb and behind the eight ball at the same time is very bad business.”
–Edgar Rice Burroughs
The picture you chose to display says it all.
This has all the makings of a tragicomedy.
Seven hours down the drain…
I don’t know what roadside service you are dealing with, but when I was living in the US, I always had AAA. Never had a problem getting a tow truck (within an hour), no matter where I was in the US, jumping a dead battery, starting your car in the winter, reimbursing you for towing costs when needed. No matter where I was, the phone numbers I used for service, always went through and I talked with a person, not a computer. Discounts with travel agencies. I used that to get great deals on hotel rates, air flights, and car rentals when I went to Hawaii. Best service, at a very low cost I ever had! But that was over 14 years ago, I don’t know how it is today. And no, I am not getting paid to say this.
I’ll have to ask my wife why we stopped using AAA. We’ve never been much for traveling any distance, though.
We have CAA – Canada’s branch of AAA – and our experience has been like yours. Even when things were insanely busy due to extreme weather conditions, and they couldn’t promise getting a truck to us within 14 hours, we still had a tow truck show up surprisingly fast. And they would ask questions about the vehicle, so they’d know what kind of truck to send! I was quite impressed by the guy that managed to get my mother’s car that wouldn’t start, out of the garage. My husband got me the Premium membership as a birthday gift, years ago, and it’s still one of most appreciated gifts I’ve ever gotten.
I don’t travel long distances at all. But I’ve kept my AAA just in case I need a tow or a quick battery charge or tire change or some other kind of in-town emergency. The few times I’ve had to call them, they really have turned up within an hour and given me very good service. But I suppose it varies from location to location, depending on who’s staffing the local office.