When It Rains

Originally Posted: September 17, 2008

When it rains... it doesn't always pour... sometimes it just drizzles... ALL DAY.

This story is as boring. Read at your own risk.

I woke up an hour early this morning to take my busted car into the shop (add no air conditioning to the list of things that need fixing) after a night of drinking whine and watching football until midnight (well the football didn't last that long). I have no one to blame but myself so I'll move .. taking my car into the repair shop... Enterprise wouldn't answer the phone so I had one of the mechanics drive me to the store so I wouldn't be late for work. Upon arrival and reservation check, I was informed my reservation claim number was being used by someone in Hoover, AL so I had to wait for the guy at the counter to call the insurance company and get a new number. This wasn't a terrible hassle... just time consuming for what little time I had to spare this morning. With that fixed, I ran into another obstacle. Apparently my drivers license expired last month so I couldn't be issued a car until I got a new one. "Perfect!"
The guy at the counter ended up driving me to work and Stacey (my "Fun Office" partner in crime) took me to the DMV over lunch. Neither of these things were terrible... you can just think of a thousand better things to spend your time on than going to the DMV... especially if you are there b/c someone else is a dumb ass that doesn't get his license renewed before it expires. Sorry Stacey.
Work was good... but I forgot to call Enterprise again until about 20 minutes before 5o'clock which I knew immediately spelled disaster. The guy I talked to on the phone who wrote down the directions to my place of work told me it would be a couple of minutes but I knew better. This may sound mean... and that's probably b/c it is... but sometimes you can tell over the phone if someone is "slow", and this was one of those time. Of course I turned out to be right... as it took the man over an hour to find me. This is why God created GPS... which he DID... so don't bother arguing that point.
As far as my trip back to the Enterprise building... lets just say I didn't realize and Altima could go from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds, nor that it could go from 60 to 0 in 3 seconds. I also didn't know that a smelly 60 yr old man could make me so uncomfortable in the passenger seat of a car. You would think someone that works at a car rental place would be safe... or at least demonstrate safe and proper driving habits before renting out a car to someone. This however was not the case. I dare say that he was the most frightening sober driver I have ever encountered... and I was in the car with him. Terrifying.
Anyway... I'm driving around a Ford Explorer for about a week. It rides smooth but has about as many blind spots as a Howitzer.

To sum up... it wasn't a terrible day... but it could have been much better. Just not having to step into the DMV would have made it that much more enjoyable. That place is like the breeding ground for future carnival attractions...