It’s past time for another quick tale in response to GirlieOnThe Edge’s Six Sentence Story, where the prompt was FLUID. My mind has been working on this for a couple of days, but my hands have been working with bedding plants. 🙂
Satisfaction Guaranteed
“Oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, shocks, brake pads, you name it, our new diagnostic robot –we call him Slicker– checks them all, faster and more accurately than a human mechanic.”
Keylie winced when she saw the total of her bill for the service, but the Lube-Tube manager had a ready response: “We had to lay out big bucks for a diagnostic robots like Slicker here, but with his smarts your engine will purr like a kitten now and run well for another fifty thousand kliks –guaranteed.”
Twenty minutes later Keylie was heading into an intersection on a green light when a driver speeding in from her left didn’t stop for his red light and his car T-boned hers. All traffic stopped as she and the other driver surveyed the damage.
As she watched her car’s precious fluids pooling on the pavement around her crunched front wheel, she dialed Lube-Tube. When the manager answered, she said, “About that guarantee…”
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I like how she asked the mechanic to make good on his guarantee after the accident.
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Talk is cheap, but I don’t think he’ll honor his spur-of-the-moment guarantee. 😉
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Eek! Turns out that bill was a waste of money after all Christine! 😀
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Always look for the small print on that guarantee…you can’t insure against bad driving.
Clever Six!
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Thank you. And very true. As people often advice: “Get it in writing!”
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Oh dear, an unhappy end!
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Found your comment in the SPAM queue this morning. Only the one, don’t know why?? Anyway, sorry about the delayed response. Thanks for commenting.
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Thanks for fishing me out, Christine. I appreciate it!🎣I’ve had a few issues with my comments going to spam.
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Poor girl. Hope her insurance pays well.
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I believe in this case it would have to be his insurance–but that would have spoiled my tale. 😉
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Wishful thinking… (but, as it is not her fault – we’ll just leave that there 😉 )
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No, it’s not, so she should be compensated. Thanks for your comment.
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First off, thank goodness she was not hurt or worse. Second, no one, imo can make those kinds of guarantees with any vehicle!
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Thanks for your comment. I did reply — but my response seems to have vanished! Along with that Lube-Tub manager’s guarantee. 😉
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I foresee a little legal wrangling going on!
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As one wise man once told me about a copyright waiver, “Don’t settle for a verbal ‘Okay’. Get it in writing.”
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