Thursday, January 19, 2006
OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT CARTER'S AUTO
365 days ago, after making nearly 300 phone calls to local garages, Beth called a small shop in Van Nuys called Carter’s Auto. We know now that it was Willie who answered the phone that day.
“Is Clint there?” she asked, like she had fruitlessly asked 300 times before.
“What would you want to talk to him for?” the voice on the other end asked.
“Is there a Clint who works there?” she asked in disbelief.
“Yeah. But what would you want to talk to him for?”
It turned out this Clint wasn’t there that day. But they did claim to know someone named Clint. When I came home that night, Beth was excited.
“You have to call this shop back tomorrow morning when you get up,” she told me.
I didn’t want to get my hopes up too high because this had happened before. Because the person on the other end didn’t understand what we were asking. Other garages had told us to call back the following day and in the end, there was no one named Clint there and they had never heard of anyone by that name. But Beth was convinced this one was different. This guy spoke perfect English.
And so I called the following morning on the 20th. It was a Thursday. It was a cool sunny day very similar to today. And I actually spoke to Mr. Carter for the first time. And the Clint he knew sounded exactly like the one I met. And the story has gone on from there.
So, here’s to our one year anniversary with Carter’s Auto.
May we have good news soon…
Updates will follow…
365 days ago, after making nearly 300 phone calls to local garages, Beth called a small shop in Van Nuys called Carter’s Auto. We know now that it was Willie who answered the phone that day.
“Is Clint there?” she asked, like she had fruitlessly asked 300 times before.
“What would you want to talk to him for?” the voice on the other end asked.
“Is there a Clint who works there?” she asked in disbelief.
“Yeah. But what would you want to talk to him for?”
It turned out this Clint wasn’t there that day. But they did claim to know someone named Clint. When I came home that night, Beth was excited.
“You have to call this shop back tomorrow morning when you get up,” she told me.
I didn’t want to get my hopes up too high because this had happened before. Because the person on the other end didn’t understand what we were asking. Other garages had told us to call back the following day and in the end, there was no one named Clint there and they had never heard of anyone by that name. But Beth was convinced this one was different. This guy spoke perfect English.
And so I called the following morning on the 20th. It was a Thursday. It was a cool sunny day very similar to today. And I actually spoke to Mr. Carter for the first time. And the Clint he knew sounded exactly like the one I met. And the story has gone on from there.
So, here’s to our one year anniversary with Carter’s Auto.
May we have good news soon…
Updates will follow…
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