Snapshot of the Day

Last Saturday my wife had a problem starting the car after finishing some shoping in a local store. She called me to see if there was something to do but unfortunately, after checking that the battery was in good condition and no fuse had blown out, we did not have any clue at all. She called a town truck company and in less than 10 minutes they were there. We asked them to town the car to the closest mechanic from a big store but they suggested a local mechanic close in the area.
After arriving to this small place, the mechanic offered to have a look at the car and see what he could do. Very fast he started to run a series of tests with the help of one of his assistants and very fast pinpointed the problem. The mechanic  start hitting with a 3 foot bar something inside under the hood which made the car to start.
I thank him courteusly and ask how much did I owned him. He kindly replied: nothing, I did not do anything special. He explained me that the starter was the problem and although the problem was solved temporarily, it could happen again if the part was not replaced.
He told me that he was busy that day and had to order the part in case I decided to leave the car or  in any case I could take it whenever I wanted.
When I went to pay the guys from the town truck, they unexpectedly raised their fee and did not even gave me a receipt arguing that everything was on cash. Obviously, they took advantage of the situation since the service was already done, but on the other hand the mechanic could easily had taken advantage from the situation as well; however, his action was the opposite by been sincere and kind.

[click] Jan. 31, 2010(Sun) 09:53 pm