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<\/a><\/p>\nSo I wait. \u00a0I was able to get a hold of hubby just before take off (“Sir, you need to turn off your phone, please…”) to let him know what happened and that I wouldn’t be there to get him. \u00a0I take Doodle out of his car seat and let him play in the backseat (luckily I moved the girls\u2019 seats into my parents\u2019 car before we left so there was plenty of room for me to sit and Doodle to play). \u00a0And I call my mom and I cry and I yell and I curse. \u00a0And I wait. \u00a0Atlanta traffic kind of sucks and it was 4:00 on a Friday so it was nearly 2 hours before the truck actually arrived but Doodle didn\u2019t even notice.<\/p>\n
He had the best time crawling around the back seat, just happy to not have to be in his car seat an thought it was so funny to climb in and out (and in. and out.) \u00a0We sang songs, read books, played with toys and tried to ignore the drifters riffling through the trash right next to our car.<\/p>\n
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The truck driver called me when he was on the way and I informed him I had the baby and asked if he had room in the truck or if I should call a friend for a ride.\u00a0 He said\u00a0 he had a third seat and I asked if there were airbags which he said there were none on the passenger side.\u00a0 So when the truck arrived, I installed Doodle\u2019s car seat in the middle while the driver loaded up hubby\u2019s car.<\/p>\n
Doodle was fascinated by the seat belt and couldn’t figure out daddy’s car being right outside the back window! \u00a0He had a little snack and then fell asleep.<\/p>\n
When hubby landed, he hopped in a cab and arrived at the VW dealership just before we did.\u00a0 It was an hour before closing and I explained what happened. \u00a0They were unable to take care of it but gave us a loaner car and told us it would be taken care of today.\u00a0 It was some of the best customer service I\u2019ve ever experienced!<\/p>\n
So, how did this happen?\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s simple really.\u00a0 Diesel nozzles are always green.\u00a0 Well, almost always.\u00a0 Turns out, at BP stations, regular gas is green and diesel is black.\u00a0 I chose the green one from the line up and luckily noticed it was wrong before filling the whole tank.<\/p>\n
The tow truck driver was really quiet but a few minutes into the drive tentatively said \u201cDon\u2019t feel bad about what happened.\u00a0 I did it once too and had to drain my tank in the parking lot at Kroger.\u201d\u00a0 The customer service reps at the dealership also told us that they see the same thing a lot with people making the same mistake at BP stations.<\/p>\n
So it really wasn\u2019t completely my fault, but I felt like a complete idiot.\u00a0 If I had paid more attention and read the signs, it wouldn\u2019t have happened. \u00a0But it\u2019s not like I forgot or like I wasn\u2019t paying attention.\u00a0 I was conscientious that I needed diesel.\u00a0 I looked for a station that had it and then went to the green nozzle as usual.<\/p>\n
And at least I knew not to drive it.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t even start the car to run the air, Doodle and I sat in the hot car with the door cracked just enough to circulate the air.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad that I was so careful and knowledgeable because when we got to the dealer and I told them I didn\u2019t turn it on knowing I\u2019d made a mistake I was told \u201cthat\u2019s good because if you\u00a0 had, you\u2019d be looking a new engine.\u201d\u00a0 Holy.Shit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today\u2019s Weekend Wisdom comes from me and it is: Don\u2019t assume you know the way things are and if when it\u2019s really important, really pay attention! Doodle and I made it to Atlanta with very little excitement (though I\u2019ll have some great tips for car travel with little ones another time!)\u00a0 Doodle and I stayed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-mommys-life","category-tiny-travellers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4118"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4133,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4118\/revisions\/4133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}