What a bit of excitement today! Last night I went to the servo wanting to put some air in my tyres, I noticed that one of the rear ones was looking a little deflated recently. Most servos here will do everything for you and you just sit in your car and wait. But since I didn't need any petrol it was a little bit dodgy because they had to run around my car filling it with air, a service for which I wasn't going to pay. Lucky for them they discovered that the valve on the flat tyre in question was dodgy and they couldn't pump it up. So I had them fix it for me. While I was waiting the the older guy who was in charge was making coversation with me, all quite pleasant and when I left he said, "come back and play sometime." It was heaps cute, like I had stopped there just to have a chat rather than to fix my car. But this morning I WAS back! My neighbour's car had a flat this morning! He asked me to drive him to the servo to organise them to fix it and then I drove him to school.
I rang the school from my car and told the vice principal I would likely be a few minutes late and he said no worries. But obviously he didn't tell my immediate superior because she said good morning and then made a point of looking at her watch, as though I was terribly late. I was 3 minutes late. And considering that I usually come to work before 8 when I don't even have to be here until 8:15 I think she was over reacting a bit. This is how I know that she isn't really as friendly as she makes out, because as soon as there is any tiny opportunity for her to tell me off, she will. It was tough, but I didn't say anything. What is the point anyway, I know there was a legitimate reason for my tardiness, and so does the big boss.
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