I really don't need this...

My mom and I left the hospital around 7pm so I could drive home while it was still light. I stopped to get gas about 3 blocks from the hospital. Got a good price, too... only $2.99 a gallon.

When I started the car up, the alarm went off, light started flashing, then everything died. Three times I tried and same result. What the?!? I’d been up since 3am and now my car decides to act up? I really did not need car problems!

I went into the gas station to see if the clerk in there could help. He watched as I started the car and was clueless as to what was wrong. While he called a service station, a young woman (early 20’s maybe) overheard part of the conversation. She asked me what was going on. She had me start the car... then she got in and tried it... same results as before. She walked around to the passenger side, stuck the key in the door and turned it to the right. She got in to start the car and it started right up!! She told me that it was a security shutdown feature and I must’ve done something to tick the car off. I asked her how she knew that and she said she’d owned a lot of crappy cars. Thank you Trish, for helping an out-of-state stranger!!