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I hate it when a something, such as the car has broken down and I get this huge number of questions thrown at me about what happened. What gets me is the tone that the breakdown was somehow my fault. The car didn't just blow its transmission, I had to have done something stupid to cause it to happen.
Most things don't break down when they are doing nothing, so chances are the car will break down as it is changing gear, stopping, starting etc. So the first question is always, "what were you doing when this happened?". Of course I was just taking off from the lights or something when the car blew up. Then I get asked how fast did I take off, what else was I doing etc.

Stop acting as though I did this deliberatly. The car has broken down. We need to call a mechanic and that's the whole story. Stop acting like this has to be my fault somehow! Apr 26 9:27 PM MST