The Remote Agenda

Oh no! Its 7.45am, and I am almost late for work! I had such a good nap due to the rainy weather. I quickly prepared everything, went down stairs, locked the door, then proceed to my car. Then I realized, my car remote is OUT OF BATTERY!!! I looked at the sky, then my watch, then the sky again...Since I have no idea how to start my car manually, I said it to God, ''May be I should take a rest today...''

Ruth drove me to a car shop to change my remote battery. I went back home and try it but it wont work. Since I got time ( 我有的是时间 in strong Cantonese accent）, I figured out the mechanism and finally started my car manually. The car shop owner told me before that after changing the battery you will need to set the program in order for it to work. So I drove my car to the shop again.

The shop owner told me that it will cost me RM80 to set the program. I asked him why does it cost so much to do so, is it because it is very technical? He replied: ' No.' Can it be cheaper? I asked again. He said: RM50 then. Before I even agreed with him, he inserted the car key, press the two buttons on the remote together, waited for 1 second, then pull out the car key. Then he said, 'boss, its programmed liao...'

What??? You call this programming??? and you are charging me RM50 for that? He then said that if you go any car shop they will charge you more. Man, this is pathetic! This kind of service doesn't even cost a dollar! 'I am not happy with it, and you are no different from a Conman', I told him. He told me again that it is reasonable, and said that if you think I am a Conman, go ask other car shop. I went into my car and drove away. He didn't follow me. I think he feels guilty too.

Moral of the story? Don't ever trust a 20+ year old man who smokes and dyes his hair... 2nd, pressing 2 buttons for 1 second is not called programming, and 3rd, learn not to rely on remote itself.