HUMOR | FICTION

Why Are You Smiling When Giving Me Bad News

Saying, “Your truck failed the smog test,” is no time for gladness

My credit card is drowning in tears filled with sadness. Please! Show me some sympathy!

The guy in front of me had it worse. A red light on his dashboard glowed.

The young man said, “Sir, we cannot do the smog test. Your engine’s red fix-it light is on.”

“Young man, that is an idiot light, and it is always on.”

The young man raised his hand to his nose, ready to blow, and shouted, “EXCUUUUSE|MEEEEE!!!” As he turned and ran.

He didn’t fool me, I knew he ran to the back of the testing area, where he would pull out his hanky to cover his laugh.

My truck was fixed and passed. My credit card saved my AXE.