So, at the weekend, I’m looking out my bedroom window and see two girls outside obviously trying to figure out how to jump start one of their cars which had a flat battery. I can see they’re struggling as they’ve got the driver’s manual out just to figure out how to open the bonnet on one of them 😯
I agonise for a minute because I don’t want to patronise them by swooping out and doing the “Now girls…you don’t want to go playing around under car bonnets…” thing but mrs deadly gives me the go-ahead so off I go out with my thick-enough-to-jump-start-a-tractor jump leads. The girls are obviously relieved to see a man is taking control of the situation. I find the bonnet release for the car with the good battery (in the passenger footwell where it always is isn’t it?) open up the bonnet (I didn’t laugh and I said that it was too well disguised to see it easily), connect the jump leads, go through the start-up procedure, get the car with the flat battery going, make sure to tell her not to stall the car and let it tick over for a wee while before driving, disconnect the jump leads, accept the thanks and off I go with the minimum of fuss. 8)
Yesterday, I hear the post coming through the door, think “that’s a little bit late for the postie”, go down to find whatever brown envelope is going to make my day but, no, get this, it’s a “Thank You” card for the “jump leads man at number 63”. Awww, made my day! See, some people are just nice.