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    Can it get any worse?

    Ok woke up this morning at 5am and started getting ready for my trip to MK from Bristol about 2 1/2hrs drive so anyway setoff and beeeep car sensor says i have a very low tyre pressure so i pull into garage and get some fuel and went to put some air into the tyre 50p for 30seconds yeh for air... so anyway i started putting some air into the tyres and but insted of putting air in it made my tyre go completly flat and then the machine switched off. So another 50p goes in and the tyre simply will no go up theres no air coming out of this peice of junk and again the machine goes off. So anyway i go into the garage and say your machine is busted and ive got a flat tyre what are you guys gonna do about it cause i gotta get to MK anyway three of them just basicly scrugged and this fat bitch said its not their problem. So anyway im like so your saying its not your problem that machine is busted and you havnt put a out of order sign on it? No response... then im being told im not using it right so im like well come outside and show me so anyway one of them comes out and is like put 50p in so im like yeh thats £1.50 now just to put some bloody air in my tyre. So anyway this woman is like pressing all these buttons and going well it should be working and im like yeh but it anit is it which is what i told you. So im like you got a footpump nah no footpump. Anyway then they said to me well we cant help you sorry, so basicly im stuck at this bloody esso garage with a flat tyre its about -4 outside so i decide that im gonna have to change the tyre, so anyway whip all my stuff like computer and bags out the boot and bring out the jack adn spare tyre which the jack looked like it could barely hold up a mini let alone my peugeot 607 start jacking it up and it takes ages about 15mins then im undoing the wheel nuts when SNAP one of the nuts snaps off so now im thinking ARGHHH and i scream a load of abuse so i spend the next 20mins trying to get this nut off when the car slips off the tiny jack leaving the jack jammed underneath the car. So now im thinking jesus age christ anyway im trying to let the jack down but it seems to be totally stuck and anit letting the car down enough to move it and put it back into place so anyway this woman and man come along and say can they use the air and im like its not working which is why im here trying to sort this out and hes like wtf nice to see their helping you i ask him he can lift the car up underneath the wheel arch so i can get the jack out and he says ok and i kick the jack out from underneath now i gotta jack the bloody thing up again so i spend another 15mins jacking the car up making sure the jack doesnt move this time, managed to get the wheel off and put the spare on so anyway i go into the garage and ask for my £1.50 i put into the machine but this clowns say i cant be refunded so i just turned round in the shop and said well thanks for you help and **** you very much.

    All that just to put some air into my tyre. And i coundnt belive that these people at the garage didnt help or even have a footpump and didnt even refund my money after they clearly seen the machine wasnt working. Still i made sure nobody uses that machine again by cutting the air hose off and bunging into my car as i can use it as ive got a compressor up here.
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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    Wow, that was quite a Vent...

    feel better?

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    you think your angry now? what are you going to be like when you realise no-one is reading your massive, unformatted, block of text?
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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    lol guys, give the guy a break.

    Sorry to hear of your trouble mate, but rule of thumb is, carry a compressor in your car!

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    I read it, had to stop to breathe a few more times than you allowed than

    I've never managed to get one of those pumps working, they always tell me it's broke too so I just bought a pump and stick it in with the jack.

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    I would have just taken £1.50 worth of sweets and told them if they had a problem they can call the police. Of course in a garage £1.50 worth of sweets is probably about 3 fruit pastels.
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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    I'm with G4Z, nicking the sweets is less serious to the police than vandalizing the machine (even if it was broken, and totally deserved).

    Hope the rest of your day goes better.

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    hope they don't check the cctv and fine you for criminal damage for removing airhose,

    they'll probably laugh at the next person along who bungs in 50p then can't find the air hose.. or like me matey told me about some person filling tyre up with water hose instead..

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    Can someone summarize the original post please? I tried reading it but it became painful after 2 lines.

    Living and dying laughing and crying
    Once you have seen it you will never be the same
    Life in the fast lane is just how it seems
    Hard and it is heavy dirty and mean

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    I keep trying to read it but end up loosing my place, and having to start again from the top! After 5 attempts I gave up sorry fella!

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    peugot 607 flat tyre, went to garage, air pump knackered, deflated tyre even more, useless staff in station, decided to swap to spare tyre as need to be somewhere, car jacked up, wheel nuts snapped, car fell over, rejacked car with help from other person who wanted air, asked for money back from staff who were useless idiots, no refund so stole air machine.

    that better, or are there to many commas?

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    thanks stevie lee, sounds the OP has had quite a bit of bad luck today!

    and staff at petrol stations are always useless!

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by Stringent View Post
    lol guys, give the guy a break.

    Sorry to hear of your trouble mate, but rule of thumb is, carry a compressor and 2 tonne trolley jack in your car!
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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    And sadly, your already awful day may become much worse when the police want to have a quick word about the damage/vandalism/theft. They'll have your license plate so it won't be terribly hard to find you.

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    Re: Can it get any worse?

    Quote Originally Posted by stevie lee View Post
    peugot 607 flat tyre, went to garage, air pump knackered, deflated tyre even more, useless staff in station, decided to swap to spare tyre as need to be somewhere, car jacked up, wheel nuts snapped, car fell over, rejacked car with help from other person who wanted air, asked for money back from staff who were useless idiots, no refund so stole air machine.

    that better, or are there to many commas?
    flawless bit of precis work there.

    Quote Originally Posted by G4Z View Post
    Of course in a garage £1.50 worth of sweets is probably about 3 fruit pastels.
    ....and a very nice sweet-related quip.

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