The price of experience

I paid for an experience today that I probably will never experience again, if I have anything to with it.

I drove to the tyre place and asked them to do a puncture repair. They needed the locking wheel nut key ????
Nobody told me I'd need one, never knew what one looked like, didn't have a clue where it might be so drove home again.

They told me that to purchase one could cost £500 !

When I parked outside the house I moved a tissue in the compartment underneath the radio and saw something metal and chunky. Asked a neighbour what it was and it was the locking wheel nut key.

Drove back where they then told me both my front tyres were worn on the inside edges, that this indicated they weren't balanced and would need the tracking doing (not sure I'm getting the terminology right here).

So I ended up with two new tyres and the wheels balancing. They told me that my brakes were dirty and running hot and that I might need to get new disks or pads or something soon.

I only had the MOT done at the end of January !!!

My bf was doing his nut several miles away saying they were ripping me off and he had to go and cool off outside for a while.

So this is the evidence and I won't be going there again. Totally vulnerable to being ripped off with being female and it makes me sick.
I know it has all been sorted but I'm not convinced it needed as much doing as was done.

I think I should have waited until Monday when my bf could have gone with me but I was worried about driving on busier roads with a dodgy tyre.

As it was it was perfectly able to be driven on.