.:: Hate the AA ::.
No, not Alcoholics Anonymous. The AA. The vehicle breakdown service.
They PROMISE, they'll "fix your car by the road, or get you another one." Believe it? So did we. We're all mugs. I bet you've seen the pretty little TV advert where the smiley nice AA men go out in rain, sleet and snow to rescue those with broken-down cars. NOT IN REALITY.
Not so long ago, my brother, along with his wife and their six month-old baby daughter were stranded in the middle of London (we live miles away from it) on a FREEZING cold winter's evening just before Christmas 2004. They didn't have any spare nappies for the baby or enough bottles to feed her as they had been stuck for a few hours. As I said, it was FREEZING cold, which is clearly not suitable for such a young baby.
Anyway, they phoned the AA, as my brother was a MEMBER (remember that). After about another two hours, the AA turned up in their nice warm van. HOWEVER, they decided NOT to look at the car to see if they could fix it, they decided NOT to take the freezing baby home to the warm, they decided NOT to "fix your car by the road or get you another one." And why? They demanded a cheque for one hundred pounds IMMEDIATELY, or they would do NOTHING. And NOTHING they did. They saw my cold, six month old baby neice screaming for her bottle in the car, with her freezing mummy and daddy. My brother even phoned my Mum who said she'd pay the bill with her credit card, but no. That's not good enough for the idiots at the almighty AA. Never mind the six month-old baby girl in the back of the car who hadn't been changed or eaten for hours. They wanted their money there and then, or they'd do absoloutely NOTHING.
And NOTHING they did. My sister's boyfriend ended up having to drive all the way out to London from where we live (which, as I said is MILES away), and bring them home in his car. So, what do we think of the AA's so-called promise??
Well, I can't swear, so consequently: NO COMMENT.