Backup Camera Autozone 💯

“It’s broken,” he muttered. But he was too tired to return it. He went to bed.

Installation was a disaster. The instructions were pictograms of fingerless gloves and vague arrows. By midnight, Leo had wired the camera to his left turn signal. By 1 a.m., the monitor was taped to his rearview mirror with duct tape. When he put the truck in reverse, the screen didn’t show the driveway.

But Leo knew better. Some cameras don’t show what’s behind you.

“You need a backup camera,” his neighbor, a retired mechanic named Sal, had said, not looking up from his own engine. “You drive that truck like a blind rhino.”

He sat in his truck, engine off, for five minutes. Then he reversed again.

The next morning, he tried again. Reverse. The monitor showed a man in a diner, alone, stirring coffee. Leo backed up carefully, watching his actual mirrors, and drove to work. He forgot about the strange camera until that evening, when he pulled into his parking spot. On a whim, he shifted into reverse.

“Aisle seven, but those are the fancy ones,” the kid said, pointing with a greasy wrench. “Check the ‘As Seen on TV’ bin by the register if you want the cheap one.”