Today, I told my wife to not drive our car as it has a steering problem and is starting to shake. I got home from work to see it had a flat tire, and asked her if she went anywhere. She'd thought I was exaggerating and went out for coffee. I've been a mechanic for 7 years. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I left home to go to work, only to find that my car had a flat tyre. No problem, I thought, I'll just change it. That's when I discovered that I'd left my spare tyre at the mechanic's last time I had a flat. FML
Today, I got a rental car because my car needed new tires and I had a long drive ahead of me. Today, the rental car got a flat tire. FML
Today, I finally got my car back after it was in the auto shop for a week. On my way home, I started swerving all over the road. It turns out they didn't tighten the lug nuts on one of my wheels properly. FML
Today, I test-drove a customer’s car to investigate a strange noise. I heard the exact clunk she'd described. It was actually a wrench I’d left under the hood sliding around and hitting things. I had to return and sheepishly explain that the problem was entirely my fault. FML
Today, I got a flat tire. The spare was also flat, so I had no other choice but to walk home. I got to my house and realized I'd left the front door key and garage clicker in my car 5 miles away. FML
Today, I took my car into the shop to get a minor problem fixed. I left several hours later, without my car. Why? The mechanic crashed it while out on a test drive to make sure he'd fixed the problem. FML
Today, my husband blew a tire in a hidden pothole on the way to work. I picked him up in my car later that day, only to hit an entirely different pothole, bending my rim, and catapulting my hubcap into the woods. FML
Today, my wife put petrol in my diesel car and ruined the engine, I got a bit upset, but I wasn’t screaming or yelling or anything, but she flew completely off the handle at me at how I was putting all the blame on her and it wasn’t fair. I ended up apologising to her for her mistake. FML
Today, I drove home in my brand new car, hoping to surprise my girlfriend. She came out the house laughing, saying how funny it was, and how I look like a "twollop" in it. Then in all seriousness, she asked me when I was getting my "actual car" back from the garage. FML
Today, my wife came home and said, "Before you go into the garage, let me tell you what happened…" She was stopped at a traffic light and when it turned green, she stepped on the gas, but the truck in front of her didn't. The grill was smashed and the car has a 3-inch hole in the bumper. FML
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Zekfen 17
If a man speaks in a forrest and no woman is around to hear, is he still wrong?
BiGTiMeNeRD 29
"The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Run!"
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Comments (28)
Zekfen 17
If a man speaks in a forrest and no woman is around to hear, is he still wrong?
RichardPencil 32
If you’re such a hotshot mechanic, why didn’t you fix your own car first? Huh?
ohsnapword 21
A master mechanic is always too busy fixing other people's cars to fix his own.
RichardPencil 32
The cobbler’s children are always barefoot.
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
For some reason they never want to believe what we say
Rabite 28
Who's they?
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
The person you are in a relationship with
Cali 57
The Russians?
onceuponatime456 16
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
If you don't have any kids, get rid of her now!!! If you do have kids, then get a lawyer and get rid of her!
BiGTiMeNeRD 29
"The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Run!"
thelittlem 15
wtf hahaha
pjsr 33
Being a mechanic for 2 or 3 years doesn’t qualify you to tell your wife what to do or not do. If a friend calls and says, “Let’s get coffee.” what’s she supposed to do? Telling her her friend, “Sorry, my car is dangerous to drive” is just rude. Stop exaggerating her irresponsibility!
BiGTiMeNeRD 29
This is an issue of safety and preventing further damage to the car. Relax buddy.
DanielleinDC 34
He had a legitimate reason for asking his wife not to drive the car: The steering and shaking problem. Had someone called to say, hey, let's get a cup of coffee, OP's wife could have asked her friend to pick her up since her car is having issues and hubby wants to take a look at it before she drives it again.
Lalala579121 28
So telling her friend that her car is too dangerous to drive is rude, but risking an accident and possible injury or damaging the car further isn't?
Nadine 21
Sarcasm.... missed by so many
J352SAURUS 30
And he's been a mechanic for 7 years, so I think he knows what he's talking about. He told her about it in the interest of her safety. The friend could've picked her up or come over for coffee.
Cali 57
This is sarcasm, right?
Donut_Wizard 23
Could be worse. Your wife could be Meg.
RichardPencil 32
Or a Sharon.
WeirdUS 30
Unfortunately people assume now most things are exaggerated even when the statement could not be any clearer they keep testing it. If they Do use it and it’s fine you were exaggerating if something happens they assumed you were exaggerating so they didn’t think anything was wrong and not their fault.
Chazzster 32
Wait a minute, are you saying that you noticed a steering problem but not the flat tire that was causing it?
UOFreak07 8
Shaky steering could mean it needs an alignment. that's what happened to me
Yennifer Aronhalt 5
dude. the steering problem was there. she drove it and caused the flat tire. he is not saying the flat tire caused the steering problem
ohsnapword 21
Don't feel bad. I work in IT and every time I tell my wife something about the computer, she tells me I'm wrong. I may be an expert in the field, but to her, I'll always be her idiot husband. In all fairness, she will always be my idiot wife to me.