A funny thing happened to me on the way to the Jennies regional volleyball game. I hit a hole in the road and thirty seconds later that awful thump, thump, thump sound came creeping through the floor of the car. It was a flat tire. Although my wife declared that I should not have hit that hole, she did help by directing me to the O’Reilly Auto Parts well-lit parking lot.
The game was at and we were already running out of time. Besides, it was cold and very windy. A younger man would simply get out of the car, remove the flat and put on the spare. But, I am a senior citizen. I was pretty sure I had a spare (although I had never actually seen it since it was securely clamped in the trunk.) I also did not have a clue on how to loosen those huge lug nuts nor did I know if I even had anything in the way of a jack.
I was quickly approaching panic stage. Who do you call for help, at night, when you know that most places are closed? And even if I exercised my super duper AAA card, how long would we have to wait for help. I began to kiss the volleyball match goodbye.
Then, a Thanksgiving miracle happened. A huge KCP &L truck roared into the parking lot, and a really big guy got out. I asked him if he had any idea on who I might call to change my tire.
His response. “I can handle that.” Whereupon, he pulled out a huge hydraulic jack along with an air hose attached to a compressor. He had the car jacked up, the lug nuts removed, the trunk open and my spare tire installed and properly inflated in about 10 minutes.
He absolutely refused my attempt to reward him monetarily. He told me that he worked the night shift repairing KCP &L vehicles and he just happened to be at O’Reilly’s to pick up some auto parts. And, he was happy to be of service.
We got to the game two minutes before the first serve, watched the Jennies win a tough match with Angelo State KCP &L Samaritan.
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