January 12, 2003

•      I called my mechanic friend a few days ago to find out when he will work on my car. That, he is avoiding, as usual. He made excuses about buying another broken Nissan that he plans to fix & sell, so doesn't have time to help me (again). I agreed to the amount he wanted to charge to do the work, so I have no idea why he's being evasive. It would mean $200 for a morning's worth of work.

  
  

       I finally confronted him about his attitude about helping me when I ask. I told him he hasn't been much of a friend in this respect. I had tasked him with finding a decent car TWICE when I had no wheels. At the time, he'd buy a clunker, fix it up & sell it to someone at a 200+% profit, knowing that I had no transportation & couldn't afford the price he was asking. He'd buy a car for under $200, put about $200 worth of parts in it, along with his time, & sell the car for $2500! I'd offered him $1500, knowing that he would still be making a reasonable profit, but that wasn't good enough for him. Then he has the gall to complain about the amount I paid for the Toyota I bought from a used car dealer ($2250, including tax, license, etc)! At his price, I'd still be responsible for the other costs of registering a car.

  
  

       When will I learn that others have no real concern for my needs or well-being, unless it suits THEIR purposes?

  
  

       I also had another motive for calling him. After what he told me about his sister's thoughts about their mom not making it to the New Year, I was hoping that she did. I also hoped that he had taken the time to go see her. She did make it to the New Year, but passed at 7:11 last Sunday morning. The time is quite ironic, I think (& so did he). Now, every time he stops in a 7-11 or catches one of their commercials, it will most likely cause him to think of his mom's death.

  
  

       He did go to Kawaihai to visit with her around Christmas & again for New Year's. She wasn't lucid either time, but I'm sure she knew he was there. Winnie, Blessings to you! I wish we had met.

  
  

       Yeah, it was probably rude of me to confront him about his lack of help at that particular time. But he HAD promised to call me back later the day I asked him to fix my car & never did. I had originally called him two weeks before, so I gave him plenty of time to return the call. He also has a grudge about me not paying him for some work he did to my Volvo a couple years ago. I had gotten permission for the VA to pay for the repair. He was responsible for generating a bill, which he never did. Without that piece of paper, I couldn't get the VA to pay for his work, even though they did buy some of the parts used. There were also things I had done for him in trade for part of the cost of the repair, which he conveniently dismissed.

  
  

       Anyway, Eric, you know what you did & didn't do of what you promised. I guess I should learn not to trust a drunk, who's snockered by 6 PM.

  • 10:17 pm
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