THE FACE OF AN ANGEL
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - posted by Hogers at 4:42 PM12 Comments
Not all of you had heard this story so I must tell you.
Two things I hate most in life: putting gas in my car, and folding socks. The first always seems to get me in trouble. I know, I know. How hard can it be right? Just be diligent and always fill up your tank before you go dry. Well I had been lazy. I remember at least 4 occasions when I had been stuck on the road without gas. And again, immediately after I got my new car, it happened again. I was running late to work in the morning and did not make time to stop by a gas station. Then on the way home, I missed the nearest gas station, and as I was searching for the next one, right at the intersection of 6th and Commonwealth, I WAS STUCK! For goodness sake stuck at the red light, I was the first car on the first lane! ON AN INCLINE! At 6PM - traffic at its worst.
The light turned green and immediately people were honking at me left and right, passing me making all sorts of faces and finger gestures and staring me down like I was some stupid Korean ajumah driver. I knew there was no way I could push my car out of the way since I was on an incline, but I decided to fake the effort to save face. I climbed out of the car and began pushing the car (or was trying to) but it wouldn't budge. I actually had to slam on the brakes to prevent it from sliding backwards. I got on the phone (bluetooth enabled through my car speakers) and dialed Janet and my brother. Janet and my brother were the closest persons in the vicinity I could think of. This in itself was hard to do because I was still getting familiar with how to use it. I called them to get AAA phone #. Janet was scrambling to retrieve the #, calling me to make sure I was okay. On the other line was my brother calling me back trying to figure out exactly where I was. Of course during this time, I'm still being yelled at not only for causing a traffic jam but also because I must have looked crazy talking out loud in the car when no one else was in there. AISH. And every 2 minutes or so, I had to climb out of the car and pretend to push it so the crowd would understand that I was having car trouble. But I couldn't believe that no one offered to help me. Usually men get out of their cars and help you out, don't they? Well I wasn't looking too great that day, maybe that's why.
AAA guy was on his way, ETA 20 minutes.
I think 8-10 minutes had passed. I was sweating in the car, totally stressed out, not knowing what to do but just sit there and wait. Then all of a sudden out of the middle of the intersection I see this big guy with the brightest smile on his face running towards me, waving his arms and yelling "Judy Judy." It was the face of an angel. Haha it was John Oh! He came running, huffing and puffing and said "Judy I'll push the car, just steer right" I began trying to explain myself and before I was done with the story, he had already pushed my car out of the way and onto the intersecting street. I was so embarrassed, and of course so grateful. We exchanged a quick greeting and I sent him off because he had a dinner to go to. It all happened so fast, I think John came and went in less than 1 minute, he was like SUPERMAN!!! Did you hear that Nathan? Your Daddy is Superman!
Two things I hate most in life: putting gas in my car, and folding socks. The first always seems to get me in trouble. I know, I know. How hard can it be right? Just be diligent and always fill up your tank before you go dry. Well I had been lazy. I remember at least 4 occasions when I had been stuck on the road without gas. And again, immediately after I got my new car, it happened again. I was running late to work in the morning and did not make time to stop by a gas station. Then on the way home, I missed the nearest gas station, and as I was searching for the next one, right at the intersection of 6th and Commonwealth, I WAS STUCK! For goodness sake stuck at the red light, I was the first car on the first lane! ON AN INCLINE! At 6PM - traffic at its worst.
The light turned green and immediately people were honking at me left and right, passing me making all sorts of faces and finger gestures and staring me down like I was some stupid Korean ajumah driver. I knew there was no way I could push my car out of the way since I was on an incline, but I decided to fake the effort to save face. I climbed out of the car and began pushing the car (or was trying to) but it wouldn't budge. I actually had to slam on the brakes to prevent it from sliding backwards. I got on the phone (bluetooth enabled through my car speakers) and dialed Janet and my brother. Janet and my brother were the closest persons in the vicinity I could think of. This in itself was hard to do because I was still getting familiar with how to use it. I called them to get AAA phone #. Janet was scrambling to retrieve the #, calling me to make sure I was okay. On the other line was my brother calling me back trying to figure out exactly where I was. Of course during this time, I'm still being yelled at not only for causing a traffic jam but also because I must have looked crazy talking out loud in the car when no one else was in there. AISH. And every 2 minutes or so, I had to climb out of the car and pretend to push it so the crowd would understand that I was having car trouble. But I couldn't believe that no one offered to help me. Usually men get out of their cars and help you out, don't they? Well I wasn't looking too great that day, maybe that's why.
AAA guy was on his way, ETA 20 minutes.
I think 8-10 minutes had passed. I was sweating in the car, totally stressed out, not knowing what to do but just sit there and wait. Then all of a sudden out of the middle of the intersection I see this big guy with the brightest smile on his face running towards me, waving his arms and yelling "Judy Judy." It was the face of an angel. Haha it was John Oh! He came running, huffing and puffing and said "Judy I'll push the car, just steer right" I began trying to explain myself and before I was done with the story, he had already pushed my car out of the way and onto the intersecting street. I was so embarrassed, and of course so grateful. We exchanged a quick greeting and I sent him off because he had a dinner to go to. It all happened so fast, I think John came and went in less than 1 minute, he was like SUPERMAN!!! Did you hear that Nathan? Your Daddy is Superman!
