This happened years ago. I had left work having finished a nightshift and was driving home when my car got a flat tyre. I wasn’t too far from work so started ringing some of my colleagues to see if anyone could help me out but nobody was answering their phones.
Stood at the boot of my car trying to get the spare out when a lovely man stopped to help. He took out the spare and changed the tyre. I was thanking him profusely as he lowered the jack when we both began to notice the spare he’d just put on was getting flatter and flatter as he lowered. I had obviously had a flat before and never had it repaired.
Absolutely mortified I kept saying how sorry I was. He just laughed and said he’d take me to a garage to have the original fixed. So I jumped in his car, grinding my teeth with embarrassment and we set off.
On the way one of the lads from work, who also lived locally, had seen my missed call and rang me back. I explained what had happened and he asked who was the man. I told him his name and he said “ah, (insert name), that’s (insert famous person’s name) Dad”. I asked “who” as I didn’t recognise the name. He said it again but I still didn’t cop on. At that point I didn’t want to ask again or make a fuss as my colleague was saying it as though I should know the person and I didn’t want his dad to feel I didn’t know him as he was probably someone we worked with.
(Let’s say famous person was named billy)
I hung up the call and we’re driving along I say “oh that was such person from work. He was saying you’re Billy’s Dad”. How is Billy anyway?”.
Dad tells me he’s great and we make other small talk. We get done at the garage and he drives me back and changes my tyre for the second time. I haven’t a penny on me but feel I must repay this man so I ask for his address and say I really am so sorry and so thankful that I would very much like to repay him.
He brushed it off, said it was no problem and said goodbye wishing me well. Nicest person ever!
I got back into my car and rang my colleague back to ask who he’d be talking about as I couldn’t recall a person named “Billy” who we worked with. He said “Billy fucking (surname) from (band)”!!!
First, I couldn’t believe that Billy (surname)’s Dad had changed my tyre twice and then I couldn’t believe I asked about Billy as if I’d only been having a cuppa with him the week before and we were buddies! Absolutely mortified 