Do they give merit badges in dumbassery?
Nov. 14th, 2008 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Right, so the Check Engine Light Of Dooooom came on in my car as I was driving home from work today. Like a Good and Responsible Adult I took it right in to the service station. They identified the problem pretty quickly:
I'd left my gas cap off.
In my defense? The Check Engine Light of Dooooom came on about a week ago because something had come loose after an oil change. And I last got gas Monday -- how was I suppose to connect the two events?!
I'm pretty sure the mechanics think I'm not quite right in the head now. I could see the pity in their eyes.
Such is my life.
I'd left my gas cap off.
In my defense? The Check Engine Light of Dooooom came on about a week ago because something had come loose after an oil change. And I last got gas Monday -- how was I suppose to connect the two events?!
I'm pretty sure the mechanics think I'm not quite right in the head now. I could see the pity in their eyes.
Such is my life.
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Date: 2008-11-15 04:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-15 04:41 am (UTC)I really don't either. I keep meaning to learn because it seems like it would be a really useful thing to know. I'm vaguely familiar with the theory behind changing a tire, but I've never had to do it.
I don't even really know what a gas cap is... I am assuming it is the little think you unscrew to put the gas in?
Yep.
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Date: 2008-11-16 05:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-16 08:58 pm (UTC)