A Tale of 2 Bachelors in Bangsar

This a true story between Rizal and Stingray.

Once upon a time on a very early morning in Jalan Telawi, Bangsar, (like 3 a.m. early) after supper in Pelita Nasi Kandar, Rizal and Stingray found out that Rizal's car couldn't start, because it ran out of petrol.

Darn it. Never mind, we thought. We're lucky - there were 2 petrol stations nearby - one was a BP station and the other, a Shell station. In the larger scheme of things, the car problem could not have happened at a better place.

So, we walked to BP. Rizal managed to find a small motorcycle oil bottle and filled it up. We walked merrily back to the car, to fill up the thirsty Alfa Romeo 146. And Rizal tried to start the car again. It chugged a little and it died again.

Drat! There wasn't enough petrol to start the car!

So, the boys walked back to the BP petrol station. This time, Rizal asked the BP petrol attendant for permission to use the bigger water container belonging to the petrol station, which is usually used for the washing of cars. His request was declined flat - which peeved him a little.

But Rizal being ever resourceful - dug into the trash can and found a - Voila! - a bigger bottle. He filled it up and we walked back to his car. After some difficulty in funneling the petrol into the tank and losing half of the petrol fluid poured, Rizal managed to get the car started.

Phew!

We were both tired and it would be great to just get the car filled up with petrol and to go home. I said to Rizal - "take the shortest route possible". Didn't want to take chances that the car would die on us, yet again.

As Rizal drove by the BP station - and remembering how unhelpful the BP petrol attendant was - he said with a macho-shit attitude "just for the way he treated me, I'm filling up my petrol at SHELL!! Ha! Padan muka dia!".

Ah yes, revenge of the consummate consumer. Yeah, serves BP right for not being customer-friendly. Orang tengah susah tadi, bukannya nak tolong. Bodoh!


And it would have been a perfect ending too, had after we parked beside the Shell petrol pump, if we were not greeted with a sign at the front door that said - TUTUP.

Ahhhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahaha.

Padan muka kita! Ahhahahahahhahahahahhaha.

After a good laugh, we sheepishly drove back to BP, filled the car up till full tank and drove home laughing at ourselves, almost all the way. :)

Thanks for the laughs, Rizal. I needed to laugh like that - it really cheered me up. Haha!