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([personal profile] max_ine posting in [community profile] pleasantdale Dec. 21st, 2012 02:35 pm)
Who: Maxine, open to all
Where: Marchese's Texaco
What: Maxine gets her car fixed

Maxine considered herself quite self-reliant, but there were times she had to admit that a professional was needed. She could change her own oil, but when the car started making knocks and pings it was time to bring it in for service.

The car hadn't been new when her and Joe bought it, but it was gently used. And they'd tried to keep it in good condition. After Joe died, Maxine had kept the ol' girl going on her own. She'd considered upgrading a time or two, but she couldn't bear to let go the car where her and Joe had gone for drives together and made plans for a future that would never come to pass.

She pulled into the lot of Marchese's Texaco ,the knocks and pings continuing a moment even after she turned off the key. "That can't be good," she said to herself as she got out of the car. She patted the car affectionately. "Don't worry, they'll get you fixed up ol' girl. They always do."

Maxine headed in to the service area, hoping that they weren't too busy to fix things today.
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"Sounds delightful."

Eric smiled.

"So do you have time to stick around and chat, or do you have places to be? I don't mind chatting while I work, but I know sometimes it's possible to overdo the sociable thing around here."
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Eric settled in to start working on the engine, apparently satisfied by that. "Good then. So how's life been treating you lately, aside from this old girl needing a bit of work, eh? Things running more smoothly, less smoothly?"
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"Bah." Eric glanced up briefly from the engine at that. "What is he, five? He's in a factory, not in a bloody schoolyard. 'I don't WANNA do my job if there's a woman in charge' doesn't fly well in a serious working environment. If he wants to be a bloody crybaby and not do his job, there's plenty of blokes and dames out there who can get the job done without being whiners about it."
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