Just a Nibble

Today's topic: My [Beloved] GPS

I was in quite the bind the other day and my GPS saved my glass. Yes, my glass. Allow me to explain....

Normally, I need to get from point A to point B and would be helplessly lost and late without my trusty GPS. In that way, my GPS is always saving my gas. This time, however, my GPS did so much more.

Recently, my rear-window wiper blade has met its maker. Sadly, Mini Coopers have very short and uncommon rear wipers. The blade is about 13 inches long (giggity). Walmart's shortest was 15 inches, Target's section was nearly empty of blades completely, possibly because this is Maryland's monsoon season. I was getting desperate and my Dad told me to go to Jiffy Lube and told me about one not far from the Walmart I was calling him from. Sweet!

I get to the alleged destination to find.. no Jiffy Lubes. I call him- he insists that I should be facing one, so I pull out my trusty GPS. I search for points of interest near me only to discover that I can search for business names! So I find a local car shop, am about to plug it in.. when I see a phone number on the GPS screen. I nearly dropped the GPS right then. All those times I called up people, "Quick! I need the number for the place I'm driving to- I can't find it!"

Long story short, I called a place, only Mini dealerships carry the wiper, so I looked up nearest dealership (all the way in VA), called, and had them mail me a new wiper blade for less than what it would have cost me to drive there.