no good deed goes unpunished..............i always wondered about that phrase. i was never sure whether i agreed with it or not. but after last night, i think i might have to.
i was sick most of sunday with a stomach virus and apparent sinus infection. needless to say, i was "stuck" in my house all day. around 7 pm i heard a banging on my bedroom door. there was my housemate, looking frantic, and asking me to take her and her grandson to his house to take him home. she had a flat tire and couldn't take him. it was the same tire she had had plugged a week or so ago. i told her i didn't have much gas in the car and i was suffering from a virus and didn't want to get too far away from a restroom. she huffed off and said she would ask the caretaker that lived behind us. i told her i would be glad to change her tire for her if she had a spare or a donut tire, and if i could get the lug nuts off. when they put them on with an air gun, you cannot get them off usually. she didn't even know if she had a spare, a donut or a jack. sigh..........
upon dressing and going down to her car, i saw she had a brand new looking donut, so i began to change the tire. she was telling me this and that like she didn't think i was doing it right. after all, i volunteered, and she didn't even know she had a tire. her grandson kept getting near the car as i was jacking it up and i told him 5 or 6 times to stand back away from the car. he wouldn't. i finally told him and his grandmother that if they both didn't stand back and listen to me, i would let them change the tire and i would go back to being sick. both got mad at me. but i have seen what can happen if a child gets close to someone changing a tire. when i worked at the health dept. i saw pictures at the medical examiners of small children killed by a car falling off a jack and onto them. or the car rolling forward and smashing a child. i just didn't want anything to happen to him. finally, AFTER i got the tire changed and was about to tighten the lug nuts, my housemate's daughter and boyfriend drove up. the daughter was surprised her mother didn't know how to change a tire. then she thanked me for doing it for her. i let the boyfriend tighten the lug nuts and put everything back into the car. as i was getting up from the ground with the daughter's help, my foot slipped on some pine straw and i fell back onto my arm. i heard something pop and the pain was unbearable. i knew i didn't break a bone, but i was sure i pulled a tendon or muscle. i humbly limped up the stairs and tried to rest. i slept on a heating pad and that helped some. as soon as i left the house i went to get gas, then bought some ibuprofen. i took 4 tablets and the pain isn't quite as bad right now. as long as i can take those, i will be ok. i didn't have anything to take when it happened, so i suffered.
don't get me wrong..........i would help her again if she needed me. but she has yet to thank me.........or check on me to see how my arm is. at least now i understand the saying "NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED". sigh.............................
ok, off to work i go.............in pain................
3 comments:
What a catalogue of accidents. what a silly woman not to know anything about her car...she needs a few lessons me thinks !! I do hope that you are will be ok. and that the pain eases soon. Love and thanks for helping others Syblil xxx
You have found yourself in the same situation that I find myself in from time to time. You have a good heart and what you do is not for thanks, or appreciation, but if you hurt yourself doing the task, you do expect a little concern. Unfortunately, that concern is rather hard to come by these days. I hope your arm is OK, and that you are right that it ISN'T broken. Keep an eye on it, and if it doesn't start feeling better in a day or so, get it checked. Broken bones tend to get worse if not treated quickly.
Greg
Hummm wonder how I missed this entry? Must not have gotten an alert. What an ungrateful person that lady was and she could have kept her grandson out of the way. Paula
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