I bought AAA over the phone in San Diego over 40 years ago. I had driven up to visit my boyfriend at college, stopped at a restaurant for a snack, and realized that I had locked my keys in the car. My first impulse was to call my Dad but common sense kicked in. “He’s two hours away, how can HE help?” I went to the pay phone in the restaurant, looked up the number for AAA and called. They said yes, I could sign up over the phone using my credit card, and once the transaction was complete, they sent someone to get my car open and soon I was on my way home. I have stayed with them all these years through flat tires, dead batteries, and a ruptured radiator that stranded me in rush hour traffic. Worth it! I was also able to get some discounts on trips.
This involves snowmen rather than sandcastles. When a local bully kept kicking down a young boy’s snowman, his older brother helped him build a snowman around a handy fire hydrant. The bully wound up with a broken foot.
“If you don’t want to play on the rides, let’s just run around on the grass, screaming and yelling”. “YES!”