So tonight after dropping my brother off I promise my dad I will go to Kragen Auto Parts and get a new brake light.
Overwhelmed, I walked into a world where I could speak the same language yet everything seemed foreign. Cars confuse me.
A very nice clerk (Robert) carrying out the trash asked if I needed help.
Apparently my confusion showed.
After getting the make of my car, he said the total would be 649.
My head swirled, I called my dad to make sure I was getting the right thing.
He asked if I had enough money, and I remembered my extra loan money I had been given.
Sadly, I said yes - knowing that this was an emergency that this money was for.
He walked outside with me to take off my old light, grabbed a new pair from the store and another clerk rung it up.
"Six dollars even," he said.
I felt like I had been tricked.
"Are you sure? I thought he said six hundred and forty nine dollars!" I responded.
They looked at my like I was crazy, but I could tell they were laughing inside. Apparently both clerks and my dad clearly knew that 649 meant $6.49.
I did not.
Lesson for the day: Brake lights are typically around 6 dollars. Not 600.
