I have been going to this Pakistani mechanic for some years now. The actual mechanic who does my car is an older man, and he’s the one who owns the garage shop. His nephew who also works there with him has the hots for me, and it’s the funniest, strangest kind of hots. Every time I come, he stares at me. And stares at me. And stares at me. And the entire time he’s staring, he has the biggest smile on his face.
He always asks how I’m doing, tells me over and over that he works so hard that he doesn’t have time to meet girls, tells me I’m so beautiful, tells me he’s lonely, tells me he likes this and that on me, asks me if my boyfriend likes this and that on me, compliments everything he can think of complimenting, including my very old car, talks about loving my hair, asks me how work is going, says he wants a wife … and so much more.
I have never, ever met anyone who stares at me and smiles at me so much. It’s somewhere between amusing and uncomfortable, but mostly amusing. And the owner (my real mechanic) and his wife, they are either really oblivious to what their nephew is doing or they are really good at pretending. I tend to think the latter.
Even if he is in the inside room when I come, he will run out – sometimes shirtless and struggling to get into his blue shirt – when he hears my voice. And no, he is not sporting a six pack; it’s definitely a beer gut. Whatever the state of the belly, he comes out running, smiling broadly, and sometimes sweating. I want to mention his name, but I realize that this is an open blog, and there are literally thousands of people reading, most of whom I don’t know, so I won’t mention his name. For all I know, someone reading this blog right now might be going to the same mechanic.
Once, he offered me a mango. Looking at his mechanic fingers – oily, dirt and grime under his nails – there was no way I could take that mango from him. Plus, just because I am not Pakistani does not mean I trust them to not use juju on me. Next thing, I’ll eat the mango and start having sex dreams about him. *shudders*
Anyway, he tells me a lot about being lonely and not having a woman. I smile every time. Hey, he’s not the only one who knows how to smile. What he doesn’t know is that I know he has a wife AND three kids. His aunt mentioned it to me. But she talks a lot, so I think she just mentioned it without thinking of its implication. Or maybe it isn’t supposed to even matter that he’s married. Now that I think of it, maybe he does know that I know, but it just doesn’t matter.
The moral of the story is: he does little jobs on my car for free. And he smiles while doing it. And his oga at the top does not know.
P.S. I don’t know who that guy in the picture is, and I cannot confirm that he is indeed Pakistani. But when I Google’d random Pakistani guy, he was one of the ones who came up. We’d have to ask Google for their source.
Should his antidote mount a stumbling soup?
MsDawari says
Aww….sounds more amusing than uncomfortable or disturbing to me. Lol. Let him smile away; pros of being a fine woman ๐ :,)
Besides, who doesn’t like free things once in a while (emphasis on ‘once in a while’)
P.S: Hope he is cute…
Vera Ezimora says
Ms. Dawari, he’s not a bad looking guy at all. I’m not ANY kind of attracted to him, but I can see why any woman would be attracted to me. And yeah, girl, who doesn’t like free things once in a while for real, for real?! ๐
deaduramilade says
he probably doesn’t care if you know he’s married. being a man (for one) and being Pakistani (for 2) and you know, mosy of them have other wives and/or side chicks
Vera Ezimora says
Deaduramilade,
Yeah, I thought about that. He really might not care if I know or not. And that’s alright with me because I don’t care anyway. I wouldn’t look at him even if he was completely single. So whatevs. Lol. As long as he keeps fixing my car, we will continue to have a good “relationship”
IzzieMedula says
why would you use a picture of a hot guy to depict your mechanic with beer belly ehn, vera?….hisss
IzzieMedula says
lol…I just saw thw caption of the photo now…good geh
Vera Ezimora says
I know. I did good with my caption, didn’t I? ๐
Vera Ezimora says
Izzie, hahaha at using hot guy. Well, na Google do am oh. Plus, I forgot to Google “Pakistani with afo beer” Looool
IzzieMedula says
lol @afo beer..nwata aa..e ma gbun mmadu {this child, you’ll not kill somone}
Vera Ezimora says
Lol. Izzie, I am not trying to kill anyone oh!! Tehehe.
onakachi says
LOL…the guy in the picture is Salman Khan. He’s a bollywood actor (and I think he’s from India).
LOL at I forgot to Google Pakistani with afo beer. Vera!
Vera Ezimora says
Onakachi, you know, I’m not surprised that he’s an actor. There was another guy in the Google images who I recognized to be an actor, so I wondered if this one too was an actor. Oh, well. He will remain my random Pakistani guy who will represent all my Pakistani/Indian posts. Lol.
Per the afo beer, na true now. I forgot to Google it ๐
Worship and Swag says
Only you Vera, only you! Lol enjoy your life jare. Maybe he does know that you know he has a wife…maybe you know that he knows you’re also getting free service. Abeg all join! Just don’t eat the mango, please. ๐
Vera Ezimora says
Worship, abi ooo! Maybe we all know (or don’t know). And I definitely will NOT be eating the mango. That might be the forbidden fruit. Lol.
Afronuts says
Hahahaha!
Pakistani player that’s a mecho….and the dude has a crush on you.
Hmmm…well I don’t blame the guy…who would have a crush on bodacious person like you?
Be careful with the freebies he’s offering sha…awoof dey run belle
Vera Ezimora says
Afronuts, haha. As long as the only communication between us is the smile, then no wahala. And lol @ being bodacious. You’re just making my head swell, that’s all. Ehm, but thank you all the same. I like it ๐
Tameka says
I was laughing soooo hard reading this…. The first thing I said, was is if this guy in the picture is the mechanic,..he’d be working on a whole lot more than my car… lol..Then you went & ruined the fantasy, when you stated he had a beer gut… :-)…lol ..And its true, Arab men adore the way black women look. Problem is they only want to f*^k us, sometimes even breed us, but NEVER marry us, so for the most part, they can go to hell. Some of them sure are beautiful to look at though, as said random Pakistani looking guy in your picture displays quite nicely.
Vera Ezimora says
Hahahaha. Tameka, I’m sorry for ruining your fantasy. It’s just that I had to tell it as it is. Meanwhile, I deliberately put a hot picture up, too cause I’d rather my mechanic as looking this way (not that it will make much of a difference). I did not know the thing about them not wanting to marry us. Never, ever knew it. Woooooow. In that case, I fully intend to milk him as much as I can. Lol.