Originally Posted by
Machka
1) WALK to the bicycle shop.
2) BUY a patch kit or tube yourself.
3) WALK home.
4) Change the tire.
Take some responsibility for your own stuff.
And if he complains, explain how the patch kit ($2) cost less than the gas to take you to school and back.
Park Tool, Specialized and a few others sell the same glueless patch kit with their own logos on them. They're all I use and I've had them last me for months at a time. That's surely enough time to find a new dad as someone suggested.