Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Blind Geriatric Real Estate Agents

On my way home from my wonderful mani-pedi this evening there was a car sideways in the road and almost taking up the entire width of it. It was white so I thought at first it may be a cop car and slowed down. As I began to go around the car a man of an approximate age of 80 jumped out from behind his car and began to wave me down. He was not going to give me a chance to go past him as he practically reached out and grabbed my passenger window as it slid by. On that note... he is lucky that I was not a skittish teenager that slammed on the gas and took both him and his unlit car out. I rolled down my window and asked him if he was ok. He looked at me a bit baffled and said "I need help pushing my car out as it fell in a hole. Hmm thought you would be a man... you might not be able to help. I was pulling in close to read the crossroad sign and i pulled into the grass a little and fwuanked right into that hole". I looked in amazement because he was less than a foot from the street sign and I wonder if he really needed to be that close to read it and how he had planned to get around the sign once he had verified his whereabouts. As I pondered what would have had to been a reverse three point turn for him to get out of there prior to the hole I hesitatantly said well let me at least see what I can do to help and pulled my car past his to the side of the road and put my blinkers on. As I was getting out of my car another SUV pulled up and the man with the car problems began to speak to them. I think that the driver was under the impression he wanted her to nudge his car out with hers but he said no no no we cant do that we have to push. So the SUV lady and her two sons aling with myself all leaned into the hood of the car and pushed with all we had. And nothing happened, not even as much as a creak. So we all looked down to assess the situation and it somehow his wheel had come off the road straight into a hole big enough that his car frame was laying on he pavement. We tried to explain to the gentlemen that no amout of muscle was going to get that car out of the hole. He stared at it and at us blankly for a few seconds and than tugged up on the car as if he cold lift it out alone. I finally said "Sir you are going to need a tow strap and a truck to yank your car out of there and maybe even a tow truck at the looks of it. Oh and please turn your hazards on while you wait so that you do not get hit." He looked at us all and then said "well I am just meeting a lady up the street." To which I asked "do you have a phone to call someone for help". He fished one out of his breast pocket and we all wished him well and we were on our way.

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