Eight Mechanics Show Up at My Truck
'10 minutes after reporting a problem, the hood’s popped, they already had my part pulled out.'
I recently told you about Sam, a mechanic from Nova Scotia who took part in the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa. As seen through his eyes, it was an amazing event in which people nurtured each other and found ways to be useful.
You may remember Clayton, the 28-year-old from London, Ontario who laid down in front of the police line and was subsequently arrested. (Later, he did some ice road trucking.) Back when I interviewed him, Clayton described being on the receiving end of the assistance Sam’s team provided:
My truck broke down one night. There was something going on with the fuel filter. And there was an app that people were using called Zello. I remember the guy from British Columbia, he was in my truck. He says, ‘Don’t worry, they have this app here.’
And he reached out on it. He says, ‘Hey, we got a broke down truck.’ And within 10 minutes, there was eight mechanics. Eight mechanics show up at my truck.
The hood’s popped, they already had my part pulled out. And one of them said, ‘I got your part ordered for you tomorrow. We’ll get it all fixed up, and you’ll be good to go.’
Overall, Clayton says, “Anything that needed to be done was just done. We had more of everything than we could have wanted.”
Beautiful functional anarchy. My husband I and are amazed that all our left leaning friends are still blind to the this historical organic massive protest. No leaders, no violence, one voice united. No wonder the government was nervous.
kinda like the French-Canadian guys playing hockey with the Alberta guys and finding, 'Hey, why am I mad at them? They're amazing'. It's lovely to see some of the walls fall down.