Rental Car Scare

A while ago when I was in Los Angeles the rental car place ran out of cars except pickup trucks and Jeep Wranglers. So instead of my compact whatever I got me a Jeep!For the same price! I always wanted a Jeep and I was psyched up! I was all bopping around town in my Jeepy Jeep. I was staying at someone's apartment during this trip and parked my Jeep outside. (It was by Canter's Deli, LA people). So the second night I was there I came back late and left the Jeep unlocked.

When I came out in the morning. No Jeep. It couldn't have gotten stolen. I must have parked it somewhere else or something. Right? It couldn't have actually been like... stolen stolen. So I walked around the block. Then the next block. Then around the same block. But deep inside I knew exactly where I had parked it. I knew it was gone. So I finally called the cops. And they told me to fill out a police report I needed the rental car paperwork. So I called the rental car place and they told me I had to go to the airport to get a printout. So I took a frickin $40 cab out there and got the printout. 

Then the rental car told me that I only took liability insurance on the car. And I was like, 'And...' and he was like, 'Liability doesn't cover loss.' I was like, 'And...' He was like, 'so... you're responsible for the car...' and I was like, 'And...' (I'm a little slow on the uptake when I'm trying to ignore words). 'AND' he said, 'Without insurance... if they don't find the car.... you'll have to pay for the car...' And I was like, 'And...' And then it sunk in.

I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BUY THE WHOLE CAR! THE CAR THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE! It couldn't be true. Could it be true? Could that be anything remotely related to reality... That could not be true. Could it? Now I was mad at my stupid Jeep. If I got my Geo Metro or whatever it would be so much cheaper. In fact it wouldn't have been stolen at all! Who goes around stealing Geo Metros?! Nobody!

Luckily thankfully frickin godilyly, I had rented the car on American Express. And American Express covers rental car loss. I almost cried when I found out everything was going to be ok. When I rented it, I could have just as easily pulled out my Visa card and might not have been covered.

So that was that with that. I got a Geo Metro for the rest of the trip. And I didn't mind it. Not one bit. I loved it.

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