The Telephone Ploy

The commander of the universe, none other than Winke told Kadizzle to get to Globe, AZ and get the oil in the truck changed.  In a fit of fear Kadizzle obeyed the command.  Once in Globe Kadizzle found a quick lube place.  The little fat lady running the place also barked commands like Winkie.  So there sat fat old Kadizzle bored.  Then the thought entered his mind.  Kadizzle was in a room full of people waiting for oil changes.  Why not do the phone ploy.  Kadizzle pulled out his phone and pretended to talk as if there was someone on the phone.  Kadazzle said all the bad things he could think about Trump very loudly as if in a real conversation with someone on the phone.  Kadizzle thought he might stir up a right wing Hooplehead and have some fun.  Once Kadizzle ended the fake call the guy sitting right beside him said " I agree with everything you said".   This was strange, but fun.  The fellow turned out to be intelligent, well read, and not what Kadizzle was expecting.  We had a nice conversation about the problems of our country and the evil of The Republicans. 

Now a bit of a predicament occurred.  The tough lady who ran the place came into the waiting room with the cartridge that holds the oil filter for the Toyota.  She showed it to Kadizzle and said it was leaking and broken because someone had put it on too tight.  Seemed a bit strange, and Kadizzle sort of felt it might be a scam.  Mrs. Oil Change said she could replace it with a steel filter holder that was better.  The cost would be an additional $45.  Kadizzle suspected a rip off, but did not know what to do.  First it seemed like a good idea might be to have the holder put back on the truck and see if it actually leaked.  That could be complicated.  Finally Kadizzle caved in and bought the $45 steel replacement for the plastic original gizmo.   The lady said this was a common problem with Toyotas.   Driving away from the oil place Kadizzle suddenly had an epiphany.  What a coincidence, the lady just happened to have the part needed at her shop.  Now this seems strange.  One might think if they found a problem they would have to get the part from a parts store, but no they had it on hand.  The truck is a 2012 and has had a lot of oil changes.  Strange that this one it suddenly needed a new cartridge holder.  Maybe it was a rip off, maybe not.  The circumstances give it about a fifty fifty chance.