Day four: What a night! My car broke down. Hello! Yo. . . hey.
Hello, we need a phone. . . we, we have car trouble. There she goes.
Ow, Hell. . . Great, now what?
Excuse me, we need a phone, we’re having car trouble We’re closed.
We realize that, but it’ll only take a few minutes. What is the problem?
I need to call a mechanic, do you know of any around here? Joe’s Auto Repair it’s the closest.
Oh, well, do you have the phone number by any chance? For Pete’s sake, just a second.
Do you think anybody will be at Joe’s Garage? Let’s just take it one step at a time, ok?
Here it is, Joe’s Auto Repair. Um, could I use your phone?
OK, make it snappy, though, go around back. Phone’s on the wall. Hi. Listen, is there a chance that maybe I could get something to eat before you close?
No, Grill’s turned off. Sure is windy, huh?
It s always windy out here. . . God. . . Did you find the phone yet? Yes, but I’m not getting any. . . Oh, it’s ringing. . . Oh, no, it’s an answering machine.
You’ve reached Joe’s Auto Repair, we’re open from seven to four, Monday through Friday. If this is an emergency, please leave a short message including the location of your car.
Thank you for calling. This is Rebecca Casey. My car broke down in. . . Where are we?
You’re in Iron Mount, Jessie s Hamburger Stand. In Iron Mount. . . t’s near the, uh, the Sundowner Motel.
It’s a grey Delta eighty-eight Oldsmobile. . . with Massachusetts license plates. Would you please send a tow truck?
Nobody was there, I got an answering machine. Do you think that Joe will get the message tonight?
I don’t know if Joe picks up his messages at night or not. Your best bet’s just to call him back in the morning.
She’s right. Umh, Guess I’ll need a place to stay tonight, are there any motels around here?
Only place that s open out here is the Starlight Lodge. Follow me, I go right by it.
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Lots of trucks, I hope they have a room. Yeah.
What are you doing? Gettin my suitcase.
Are you gonna stay here, too? Where else am I gonna stay?
Let’s get out the rain, huh? How are you doing?
Hello. Just one second please, Scratch card. Today could be my lucky day! Do you have any rooms available?
Hey, you’re the lucky couple, I just had a cancellation. You and the Mrs. can have that room. Thirty-nine, ninety-five a night. In advance.
You don’t understand, we’re not together. . . I mean, we’re not a couple. That’s why I said “rooms”, because we need two rooms.
You’re not a couple? No, is there another room available?
No, sorry. You go and take the room.
No, I am not gonna do this. Are there any other motels near here?
The closest one is an hour-and-a-half south. Well, I’m headed north. How about north of here?
Nothing closer than two hours. One minute, Um, I’ll sleep in my car.
No, I don’t. Hey, it’s not the first time. No, but it’s not right.
I’ll be fine. Why don’t I just sleep in the car?
No way. I don’t want to give you any more trouble.
It’s out of the question. Really, I can sleep in the car.
All right, enough of this! Enough of this. Look, look, it’s my car, I’ve slept in it before. I’ll sleep in it again.
Are you sure? Absolutely sure.
Thanks. She’ll take the room.
You’ll need to register. If you’ll just fill this out, please. Mm-umh. Oh, do you take credit cards?
We take plastic, travellers’ checks, dollars, pesos, whatever, as long as you have a driver’s license. That, I have.
Do you serve food? Sorry, all we have is a candy machine.
Um, do you have anything larger? I’d like to dry both hands tonight. Here, sorry, take some more, I know they’re kind of tiny.
And you are in room four. Great.
Thanks. Two, Three, here it is, four.
You gonna be all right here? I think so. Let me take a look at the room.
Oh, where’s the light switch? Here, I’ll get it.
It’s not too bad. It’s not the Ritz, but it’ll be fine.
Can I borrow a blanket? Oh, of course.
It’s gonna make that car a little more comfortable, you know. By the way, how’s your head?
Every time I think about that car hood falling on your head. Don’t remind me, do you have an aspirin?
Uh, right here. And I’ll probably need a glass of water.
Oh, sure, sorry. Plastic. . Oh, water.
There. Thanks.
Thanks for everything. And I’m gonna get up early tomorrow and call the garage about my car.
That’s probably a good idea. Well, thanks and, good night. Uh, I’ll see you in the morning.
Thanks for all your help. Yeah, no problem. . . Bag.
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I can’t believe I got myself into this. Huh-huh-oh, now what?
Buddy, excuse me! What the. . . what are you doing out here?
Do you mind keeping it down? What?
I’m trying to sleep. Why don’t you pay for a room like everybody else?
Don’t you think I already tried that? There aren’t any more rooms! Well, I have to fix this truck. If I don’t, I lose a day’s pay.
Hey! How long is this gonna take? How the hell should I know?
Can’t it wait till morning? Hey, buddy, this is a free country, you know.
I can do whatever I want, whenever I want. If you don’t like it, move! I can’t believe this.
Alberto! Uh, ma’am, how are you doing?
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