So today, coming home from Long Beach, My friend's car dies on us in the middle of the 405 freeway. Apparently, his alternator wasn't charging his battery so when we stopped because of traffic, it stalled and died in the fucking middle lane. Being the reliable guy I am, I whoop out my AAA card, call them, and they tell me they are sending CHP and a tow truck. It doesn't end there, though. For one, CHP never showed up. NEVER! They never came!!!! It took the tow truck 30 minutes to show up. 30 MINUTES!! Now think of this scenario: You are stuck in the middle VERY busy 5 lane freeway, with a dead car, and no emergency blinkers. Besides the fact that you are THAT guy that is causing a huge traffic jam, like seen on the news, you have hundreds, if not more, very pissed off drivers, driving recklessly around you trying to get out of the way, AND as they drive around you they honk their horn at you, flip you off, curse you because you wasted their precious time. 3 times, we were nearly hit from behind by drivers not paying attention.
It gets even worse. It was a very hot day today in LA. Since the car broke down we lost our air conditioner. Even worse, he had power windows. So we are stuck in a black car, with no air, in the hot sun for 30 minutes. At around the last 10 minutes of being stuck I was actually WISHING someone would hit us to end my misery. When I was finally able to get out of the car, I was drenched in sweat, and I hardly ever sweat. It was like a fucking sauna in his car.
So anyway, the tow truck comes and we get a ride home.. which is 70 miles away from where we broke down. Luckily, with AAA, the entire tow was free. HOWEVER, we got picked up by the most reckless tow truck driver ever! He drove like a fucking maniac, honked at anyone who merged in front of him and swore like a sailor, while he played Michael Jackson music VERY loud on his stupid stereo. He was very rude to us too.
So yeah, today sucked ass