Unrequited
I hate talking on the phone. I avoid it at all costs, preferring email, instant messaging, cards, face-to-face talking, and smoke signals. I don’t know why or when my hate-affair with the telephone began. I have a feeling it was when I was a child, and my father would get upset if I didn’t answer the phone in a certain way. I also think that since I can’t see the person on the other end of the line I don’t know how to react to what they say. I guess I infer a lot through body posture and facial expression, and those are completely lost over the wire.
All of that being said, I try to spend as little time on the phone as possible. When I do talk on the phone, it’s with family or loved ones, and not for very long.
I needed new tires put on Adama, my Honda CB400T. None of the big shops around here will do the full job on a bike this old; I have to remove the wheels myself and bring them in. The shop will take the old tires off the wheels, then put the new shoes on and balance them. Since I don’t have any tire irons or a balancer, this seemed like an okay deal.
I was at work with all of my team members when I called the local Honda dealer yesterday afternoon. We all work in one room, all clustered around a few tables.
“Hey, can you [do all the shit I just typed out]?” I asked.
“Sure.”
“Okay, can I just bring them by tomorrow morning and you get them back to me whenever?”
“Sure.”
“Okay, see you tomorrow.”
“Okay, have a good day sir.”
“I love you too.”
I hung up.
Everyone was staring at me. “Ohmygod,” I said, “did I just tell that dude ‘I love you?'”
Bond and Jumbotron nodded and immediately bust out laughing.
Maybe I’ll just roll the four tires through the store front and haul ass. :
I love you, man!
🙂 I miss you, dude!! I was just telling someone about our training at Suarez. Hard to believe it’s been over a year!
So, did he give you the upgraded tires, and wink at you when you came in?
You make my day brighter!
OMG you are hilarious. When you went to pick them up did he say “Hi Love here are you tires”. 🙂