We just purchased a 1978 Volks wagon . The brakes did not work and it appeared to be the master cylinder . We replaced and still have the same problem .

A: Why did I replace something ?

I was a little nervous about having her in the house , and worried that she 'd get stuck under or in the sofa , or some other catastrophe would strike . Even now , I wake up in the middle of the night and poke her to make sure she 's not dead . I have little patience for other people 's drama right now , and I fear I have n't been the sympathetic ear that I should be . For that , my friends , I apologize , but I needed to be on the receiving end for a while . Of course , that just means that more people chose this time to have Super Special Tantrums !

A: What would happen if she did n't have to worry about her niece staying over ?

Maintenance guy came over to look at a leak today ( my charming older building has not so charming plumbing ) . That itself was unremarkable-- the interesting part was his language . He spoke in an English / Spanish hybrid that I have not encountered before , about a 50/50 or 60/40 mix of words ( favoring English ) .

A: Why was the narrator not communicating well with the repairman ?

Classy ! I believe wondering when your good deed is going to pay off is pretty much the opposite of doing a good deed . Anyway , despite that ridiculous thought , there have been plenty of times that some complete stranger did something nice for me -- many more times than I ' ve done the same in return . After college , in Cambridge , Massachusetts , I had just finished the Radcliffe Publishing Course and was hauling my suitcase to the T station to get to the airport . That shit was heavy .

A:
What may be the reason that a stranger helped me ?