Putting it in Perspective - 9 May 2023
I put my gym bag into my car this morning, walked around to open my door and saw that my front tyre was flat as the proverbial. Disaster!
So I called the tyre place (Kwik Fit) and the advice was: don't try to drive on it. Then I called the AA, and a very nice man eventually found me and my car. He inflated the tyre and said : don't drive faster than 50 mph. (Ha ha - in Edinburgh?). And that I should take the car to the tyre place as soon as I could.
The tyre place was all booked up until 11, but they shuffled cars around and found a place to park my car.
I walked to John Lewes and into the cafe to console myself with coffee and a scone. I was tempted to spend money so that I might feel better about spending money on a tyre. (Potential disaster!)
I took this photo from the cafe - you can see all the way to Leith - the chevrons on the funnel of the refugee's ship are visible on the left - by the water . (The water being the Firth of Forth.)
As I looked at the refugee's ship, I thought - this could be a whole lot worse.
And in fact, it was a whole lot better. The tyre place fixed my tyre and didn't charge me anything.
I should add that I am a long term customer of Kwik Fit, and think they are wonderful.
Putting it in Perspective - 9 May 2023
I put my gym bag into my car this morning, walked around to open my door and saw that my front tyre was flat as the proverbial. Disaster!
So I called the tyre place (Kwik Fit) and the advice was: don't try to drive on it. Then I called the AA, and a very nice man eventually found me and my car. He inflated the tyre and said : don't drive faster than 50 mph. (Ha ha - in Edinburgh?). And that I should take the car to the tyre place as soon as I could.
The tyre place was all booked up until 11, but they shuffled cars around and found a place to park my car.
I walked to John Lewes and into the cafe to console myself with coffee and a scone. I was tempted to spend money so that I might feel better about spending money on a tyre. (Potential disaster!)
I took this photo from the cafe - you can see all the way to Leith - the chevrons on the funnel of the refugee's ship are visible on the left - by the water . (The water being the Firth of Forth.)
As I looked at the refugee's ship, I thought - this could be a whole lot worse.
And in fact, it was a whole lot better. The tyre place fixed my tyre and didn't charge me anything.
I should add that I am a long term customer of Kwik Fit, and think they are wonderful.