Chloe remember this is Shakespeare’s Hamlet, not real life!
Today you and I went to get Uncle Jr some new tires for his car, this process started out just after 8 am this morning and lasted till 345 pm this afternoon. We went to Tire Pros because this is where he bought the last set of tires and we needed to see if they were still under warranty, since it hadn’t reached the warranty milage yet. I already knew we’d probably need to get an alignment, since it wasn’t riding so smooth this morning. I called the General Manager (we’ll call him GM-A) before we arrived and told him what we needed done, basically to have them looked at, and replaced if the warranty covered them, however I already kinda knew they weren’t going to be covered because your Uncle didn’t do a very good job of maintaining the tires with regular rotations and such due to his busy schedule and could already see by how the tires were wearing we would probably just have to buy a new set.
We arrived at Tire Pros at 945 am, waited an hour, went to the front only to see the car had never been moved. I asked the other General Manager (we’ll call him GM-B) what was going on, the car hadn’t even been moved to the garage yet. He said, “Didn’t they tell you it would be a long while?” I said, “No, if I would’ve known this I would have had some one come pick us up, I have a 1 year old here.” He said he would find out what was going on and get back with me. He immediately spoke to GM-A and both men went out to look at the car still parked in the front lot. Both came back to tell me yes, it needed an alignment, yes we needed to purchase new tires since the warranty wouldn’t cover the wear on the tires. We waited a whole hour and fifteen minutes for a 5 minute prognosis. I asked for the keys and said I would get tires else where and for cheaper. “GRRR”, mommy’s thinking in her womanly head.
When GM-A heard this he said, “Where? I’ll beat their price.” See what GM-A and GM-B didn’t know is I did my homework before we arrived and called 2 other tire dealers and an auto shop to get quotes on tires and an alignment. During the price haggling he angrily said to me, ” See, you came in here knowing more than I thought.” His tone of voice suggested I was supposed to feel guilty and belittled, I said, “Why wouldn’t I?” After a few minutes we agreed upon the price of four tires and an alignment. Luckily our friend Marina was available to come pick us up, so we wouldn’t have to wait the 2 plus hours it was going to take to get the tires and alignment complete.
Had lunch, went to mall play area, played, got phone call car was completed, Marina dropped us off with Uncle Jr, went to pick up his car, listened to GM-B apologize over and over while GM-A was out of the room, went home, laid you down for a nap at 4 pm, woke you up at 510 pm, we picked up Daddy from work, filled up the gas tank, went home, ate dinner, played, called it a night at 8pm.
Society has progressed and women have equal rights, however this doesn’t mean every man you may come across will treat you this way. You are strong, terrible and beautiful, always stay informed, be confident and humble, find the balance. Be a gracious customer, but don’t let anyone underestimate you and be kind, no matter what the case may be. Your Daddy is the head of our house and God above us all, your place in our world is a magnificent one!
“…but the woman is the glory of the man.” 1 Corinthians 11:7
A wife first, a mommy second, yours always,
mommy
