Breakers
"Have you got a motor for the thing that squirts water over the windscreeen for an M Reg Astra Estate?", was the question I put to the unsmiling man at the car breakers. I have been going there for years and he rarely shows any emotion in his face. He moved from behind the counter and found a small black motor in a biscuit tin full of parts. He took it too a battery and connected the electrodes to it. It made a buzzing sound.
"How much is that?" I asked
He told me it was £11.75 including VAT and confirmed that it was OK to pay with a card. After I had done this he said,
"I'll just write you out a reciept"
I noticed that on the reciept it said "w/pump".
"Is it called a washer pump" I asked
He nodded
" I never know that these things are called" I said, "So I always have to describe them".
He smiled.