As I age I find can abide dealing with or listening too, incompetent jerks even less, maybe its because I can much more easily recognize it when some borderline moron behind a parts counter, at the local auto parts store is trying to BULL SHIT a customer, but I used to just "go with the flow"to get by.... but lately I just can,t tolerate jerks!
I got a call from a good friends "FRANK" today who was having a minor issue with his cars fuel line leaking, he pulled to the side of the road when he smelled fuel leaking and popped his hood to find a cheap fuel filter he had installed months before ,was leaking fuel on his intake manifold, and not wanting to try driving the car and because he did not have the correct parts or tools he called me, knowing I was located fairly close by,his current location,he called to see if I could help!.
so I asked a few questions , concerning what was happening , the symptoms , the car he was driving and why he was temporarily stuck,then I headed out to the closest auto parts store (in this case ADVANCE AUTO) to buy some clamps replacement fuel line and a fuel filter.
I walked in and there was two counter guys (both looked to be in early 20s) and there was an old very over weight lady looking to be in her 70s asking about brake pads and a younger middle age guy who looked to be 40 ish, asking about an alternator, at the counter.
it was about 10 A.M. , by 10:05 A.M. I had located the filter and clamps, all I needed was the counter guy to cut me 3 ft of 3/8" fuel line, I stood behind these customers from 10:05 A.M. until 10:22 A.M. listening to the counter guys and customers discussion,s ,which in both cases resolved around the counter guys insisting that the correct parts would not be able to be located, in either case until the cars owners could tell the counter guy , the answers to a dozen fill in the blank questions about the cars , on the stores computer screens,and it was obvious that without that computer these guys were totally clueless and naturally both these clowns who owned the cars, didn,t know a damn thing about the cars, they were buying parts for,.. at that point I asked out loud if either car was currently parked out side........both were! I suggested the owners of the cars or the parts counter , guys might want too, actually go out to the parking lot (30 feet away) and look at the car and verify the required info.....this SHOCKING CONCEPT was obviously far beyond the mental ability too grasp of any of the four morons and after an additional 5 minutes of fruitless and meaningless discussion between, clueless morons I just put the parts on the counter and walked out!
nearly 30 minutes totally wasted standing in line because the four of the dumbest people in the area had arrived at advance auto parts just before I showed up.....I went to the next store down the block, (CONGRESS AUTO PARTS) I walked in and out with the required parts in less than 5 minutes , and proceeded over to fix franks car.
honestly do these parts look like it would take that much effort to locate?
apparently it takes some stores FAR less time than others...just to ask what you need let alone supply them
yes I realize its partly my fault because I voluntarily subjected myself to TALKING TOO,ADVANCE AUTO COUNTER PERSONNEL
I got a call from a good friends "FRANK" today who was having a minor issue with his cars fuel line leaking, he pulled to the side of the road when he smelled fuel leaking and popped his hood to find a cheap fuel filter he had installed months before ,was leaking fuel on his intake manifold, and not wanting to try driving the car and because he did not have the correct parts or tools he called me, knowing I was located fairly close by,his current location,he called to see if I could help!.
so I asked a few questions , concerning what was happening , the symptoms , the car he was driving and why he was temporarily stuck,then I headed out to the closest auto parts store (in this case ADVANCE AUTO) to buy some clamps replacement fuel line and a fuel filter.
I walked in and there was two counter guys (both looked to be in early 20s) and there was an old very over weight lady looking to be in her 70s asking about brake pads and a younger middle age guy who looked to be 40 ish, asking about an alternator, at the counter.
it was about 10 A.M. , by 10:05 A.M. I had located the filter and clamps, all I needed was the counter guy to cut me 3 ft of 3/8" fuel line, I stood behind these customers from 10:05 A.M. until 10:22 A.M. listening to the counter guys and customers discussion,s ,which in both cases resolved around the counter guys insisting that the correct parts would not be able to be located, in either case until the cars owners could tell the counter guy , the answers to a dozen fill in the blank questions about the cars , on the stores computer screens,and it was obvious that without that computer these guys were totally clueless and naturally both these clowns who owned the cars, didn,t know a damn thing about the cars, they were buying parts for,.. at that point I asked out loud if either car was currently parked out side........both were! I suggested the owners of the cars or the parts counter , guys might want too, actually go out to the parking lot (30 feet away) and look at the car and verify the required info.....this SHOCKING CONCEPT was obviously far beyond the mental ability too grasp of any of the four morons and after an additional 5 minutes of fruitless and meaningless discussion between, clueless morons I just put the parts on the counter and walked out!
nearly 30 minutes totally wasted standing in line because the four of the dumbest people in the area had arrived at advance auto parts just before I showed up.....I went to the next store down the block, (CONGRESS AUTO PARTS) I walked in and out with the required parts in less than 5 minutes , and proceeded over to fix franks car.
honestly do these parts look like it would take that much effort to locate?
apparently it takes some stores FAR less time than others...just to ask what you need let alone supply them
yes I realize its partly my fault because I voluntarily subjected myself to TALKING TOO,ADVANCE AUTO COUNTER PERSONNEL
