Tonight I want to write about the time, about thirty years ago, Bryan bought a used car. The car was a little black sports car with a broken gas gauge. Bryan's uncle suggested that he fill the tank, write down the mileage and then drive it until the gas ran out.....then he would know how many miles he could go on a tank of gas. Sounds like a great idea. Well, at least until you run out of gas.
Bryan bought the car just as he also got a new job working as a probation counselor. So on the way to his new job he was waiting to make a left at a busy intersection in Anaheim. At that same corner was a man, dressed in a gorilla suit, trying to get people to stop and buy tires.
When the light turned green Bryan ran out of gas. He pulled the key out of the ignition and got out of the car to begin pushing his car through the intersection. The man in the gorilla suit came running over to help me and Bryan gladly accepted his help. That scene is funny enough for me but there is more....
Because Bryan pulled the key out of the ignition his steering wheel locked. The man in the gorilla suit begins pushing the car with force and Bryan can tell they are headed for a parked car. He tries to get the "gorilla" to stop pushing but he doesn't hear Bryan. He pushes Bryan's car right into a parked car. Talk about a bad day.
By the time Bryan found the owner of the parked car and got gas in the tank of his car he was very late for his new job. His new boss said, "Boyer, I need you to put in writing why you were late to work today." Bryan simply wrote, "A gorilla pushed my car into a parked car" and then went back to his unit. His boss radioed down later: "Boyer, you need to stop by my office on your way out and put in writing what really happened."
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