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mistressofmuses) wrote2021-08-11 09:11 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2021-08-11 09:11 pm
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fuckity fuck
Aaaaaand we're stuck in a Walmart parking lot because the battery in the truck died and it has been a magical comedy of errors trying to replace it.
Poor Alex has been doing most of it, but this fucking sucks. It was a shitty day at work already, I have eaten NOTHING today because I worked through lunch and didn't notice, then stayed a half hour late because I was so focused on the new rescheduling hell that I forgot to do my regular tasks.
- got out half an hour late
- as I walk out, Alex tells me the battery died
- call work friend who just left, but he comes back and jumps us
- we go to Walmart to buy a new battery
- they only have one that will work, despite having a range listed as in stock online
- realize there are no tools in truck due to theft risk at apartment
- buy a pair of pliers
- terminal is super corroded, can't make one of the nuts budge
- try for close to an hour, after Alex tells me the Walmart is sold out of socket wrench sets
- realize he meant only ONE set was sold out, so he goes in to buy those
- takes another half hour but we get the terminal off
- this vehicle has a top bar that fastens it in place, which is another huge struggle
- get old battery out and new one in
- several scraped knuckles later, and a lot of struggle, get top mount thing reattached
- battery is slightly too short
- terminal will not reattach because it's the wrong height
- still fucking stuck
- had to use post shims to fix that issue in the old car
- Walmart does not sell post shims in-store
I've called Taylor and begged them to go to an auto-parts store that closes at 10 to get the part and rescue us. Hope they manage to get there in time!
I haven't eaten all day, and I hate this and I want to die.
And I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and then have to go to work after for a close and even more rescheduling hell. Really, just fucking kill me.
Poor Alex has been doing most of it, but this fucking sucks. It was a shitty day at work already, I have eaten NOTHING today because I worked through lunch and didn't notice, then stayed a half hour late because I was so focused on the new rescheduling hell that I forgot to do my regular tasks.
- got out half an hour late
- as I walk out, Alex tells me the battery died
- call work friend who just left, but he comes back and jumps us
- we go to Walmart to buy a new battery
- they only have one that will work, despite having a range listed as in stock online
- realize there are no tools in truck due to theft risk at apartment
- buy a pair of pliers
- terminal is super corroded, can't make one of the nuts budge
- try for close to an hour, after Alex tells me the Walmart is sold out of socket wrench sets
- realize he meant only ONE set was sold out, so he goes in to buy those
- takes another half hour but we get the terminal off
- this vehicle has a top bar that fastens it in place, which is another huge struggle
- get old battery out and new one in
- several scraped knuckles later, and a lot of struggle, get top mount thing reattached
- battery is slightly too short
- terminal will not reattach because it's the wrong height
- still fucking stuck
- had to use post shims to fix that issue in the old car
- Walmart does not sell post shims in-store
I've called Taylor and begged them to go to an auto-parts store that closes at 10 to get the part and rescue us. Hope they manage to get there in time!
I haven't eaten all day, and I hate this and I want to die.
And I have a dentist appointment tomorrow and then have to go to work after for a close and even more rescheduling hell. Really, just fucking kill me.
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