Lana's Photos and Writings

Anticipating lunch

I started my day with a flat tire.  I didn’t discover this until I was already at work.  One of my coworkers pointed this out to me.  Bummer.  I had a mandatory training to attend in 40 minutes. I couldn’t let my car set there with my tire getting flatter. My coworker recommended this little tire place down the road.  It was one of those places painted bright yellow with words painted all over the outside of the building.  The windows were covered with iron gridwork to keep out any would-be robbers.  The door had several large steel padlocks.  I arrived a few minutes before 9 a.m. and they didn’t open until 9 a.m.  The first worker arrived two minutes before nine and unlocked all of the padlocks, the other two employees arrived around 9:05 a.m.  However, my tire was fixed and I was on my way and made it to my mandatory training with five minutes to spare.  They fixed my tire, gave me a 30 day warranty, and only charged me ten dollars!  This is a place I would never have sought out on my own, but since it was recommended by one of my coworkers, I gave it a try!  The guys were very nice and polite in spite of their looks and I was very pleased.  Just like the seagull in this picture was very pleased with his lunch of sea anemone, prickly on the outside, but yummy on the inside.  Hmm….I guess the moral of the story is “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”.