Last night was terrible........ Helped a friend buy paint at Ace Hardware just to have a flat tyre on a back road! When I tried to change the tyre, the jack broke...... Fortunately a taxi driver stopped by and offered his help. Managed to to get the spare on. The taxi guy refused monetary thanks....... bless him...... gave him my business card and told him to call me whenever he needed any help. After he sped away I realized that the spare tyre had no air!!!!!!!! aarrrrrggghhhhhhh!!!!
No jack..... no spare..... had to call in the tow truck. Took me to a local tyre shop where I met the Iranian. This guy spoke to me in hindi/urdu and was really good at his work. His shop wasn't that 'posh' but his work was....... Once he had changed the tyres (yes, the other rear one was also almost gone) he accompanied me to the ATM (no cards accepted).
The guy was amazing..............
He spoke Hindi/Urdu, Turkish, Arabic and had been in Dubai only for the last 15 years. He picked up 3 new languages in that time. He also was an expert in car tyres. His only regret was that he hadn't listened to his 'baba' and gone to the school regularly. He wished he had done that..... now that his baba was no more, his words still rang in his head everyday!
