Sunday, November 6, 2011

The AAA guy hit on me...your thoughts?

My friend’s car broke down after we met up for dinner. Although I had my car and neither of us were stranded, I figured I’d call AAA and use my membership to get her car fixed, which is allowable, as long as I’m present. So, the AAA tow truck guy calls my cell phone to let me know he’s five minutes away. He manages to get her car running, and says he’ll follow us to the mechanic just to make sure. As my friend takes off, the AAA guy tells me to get up into the cab of his truck to sign some paperwork and says he has to call the 1-800 number to close the transaction. As we’re on hold for the operator, he tells me he stumbled upon a drive-in he didn’t know existed the other night. He then proceeded to tell me he’s been going to a lot of movies lately because “things were rough at home right now.” That’s when I wanted to leave (and don't worry, I was on a crowded urban street so we're not talking about a dumb girl who wanders into a stranger's big rig in the middle of the dark countryside. He initially used the excuse that I might get hit by traffic if I continued to talk to him through his driver's side window, which was on the side of traffic). Luckily, my friend came running up to cab, out of breath, because she had run a few blocks after her car died again, catching us before we left. The AAA guy was most likely about to ask me out, and she saved me. The two of us girls got in my Jeep, and I told her on the short ride that I was pretty sure the AAA guy’s verification call to the 1-800 number wasn’t even necessary, because I’ve dealt with AAA before, and I’ve never had to sit and watch the tow trucker call some operator. He was stalling. My friend and I found this more humorous when I tell her he had started awkwardly pouring out his heart to me. We arrive at the mechanic, and AAA guy starts at it again. He says he does car detailing as a side job, and that if I wanted any work done on my Jeep to give him a call. He then says he noticed my taillight was out, and asked if I had a boyfriend to fix it for me. After I somehow avoiding the question, he reiterated that I should call him, and gave me the cheesy hand signal for “call me” when he thought my friend wasn’t looking. We laughed because we didn’t understand how I could possibly call him when he didn’t give me his number and I sure as hell hadn’t asked for it. Then my friend realized he had called me way back when to let me know he would be there in five minutes. And I realized he was using a personal cell phone when he unnecessarily called the 1-800 number. A feeling of doom came over me. Now I’d probably have to deal with this 35-year-old insecure guy calling me. And sure enough, he called me the next night. I didn’t answer, but in his voicemail he said he called to “check up on me” and asked me to call him back. I must add the disclaimer that I have nothing against this guy’s occupation. I come from a working cl family and I value a person for who they are and not what they do. But this guy seemed a little desperate, and desperation often gives way to crazy…in my experience. Also, this guy was at least 15 years my senior and I at no time allowed him to keep my number and call me. It was a bit of an abuse of power. So that’s my long anecdote about the AAA guy. Your thoughts are appreciated...It just annoys me when guys see you only as someone who will listen, and not as a person yourself. I'm also interested in seeing a discussion about how touchy we should be when it comes to that dramatic term "abuse of power".

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