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Was putzing around Dusty's Auto in Hazel Dell when I heard this side of the conversation:

 

"Dusty's, this is so-and-so, how can I help you?"

 

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"No ma'am, we don't sell blinker fluid."

 

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"No ma'am, no one sells blinker fluid."

 

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"Why not? Because it doesn't exist."

 

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"No ma'am, I am not, as you say, shitting you. It was a joke from a Saturday Night Live skit years ago."

 

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"Yes ma'am, your husband is most likely being an asshole, a joker, or an asshole joker."

 

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"Frying pans are traditional, Fred Meyer's carries cast iron."

 

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"You too ma'am. Good day."

 

I sort of just stared at the dude and he shot me a Buddy Christ thumbs up. Half the store just lost their shit at that moment. His boss, who was obviously on the verge of tears only said, "Next time, language." and walked away shaking his head in disbelief.

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i get victor reinz instead of felpro <_<

 

 

Ditto that. Fel-Pro is good quality (usually) but shit for availability. We USED to carry Victor Reinz, but they switched after so many hillbilly morons kept asking if we had Fel-Pro. Now we have KP and other good Japanese gaskets available in the altrom line, but still not nearly enough in my opinion.

 

Made it through the day though. We'll see how tomorrow is.

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Why is it that people think they can buy a part, and install it on their car, and then when it doesn't fix their problem, return it for a full refund. I mean, ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? The relay is obviously used dude, it's still hot, and you only bought it an hour ago. Sitting in your warm car you say? It's 9:00 at night and theirs greasy handprints all over it.

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"Piss poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part" ;)

the 6 P's

prior

planning

prevents

piss

poor

performance

 

"No ma'am, I am not, as you say, shitting you.

i would never :poop: you. you are my favorite :poop:

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Auto parts people failed again. Pick-n-Pull lists a 82 Datsun 210 arrived 6/27, i drove one hour there yesterday and couldn't find it. Ask the parts guy inside, he gives me a computer printout of the location of a silver 1980 Datsun 210. Couldn't find that but there is a silver Datsun 310 where it said ... double fail.

 

The I get a rear-end from a Datsun 510. Bring it up for the 50% off sale this weekend. He says because it is wagon, it is the higher Truck price. I go back out and remove the pumpkin (cause it's half the price of the whole rearend) and come back in. This time a different guy says "wagon, same price as car". ARRRRGH!

 

What happened to the knowledgable parts people???

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... double fail...

 

He says because it is wagon, it is the higher Truck price.

 

This time a different guy says "wagon, same price as car".

:rofl:

good thing the smart guy price is what you paid.

 

my 4runner is insured as a wagon/car and not a truck ;)

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HRH, when did you grow a porn stash'?

 

 

Oh, my porn stache looked even better than that! Sadly, I sold that shotty for camber plates for the 510. Still have a nice shotgun, just really long barrel, bird gun, not home defense.

 

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Was putzing around Dusty's Auto in Hazel Dell when I heard this side of the conversation:

 

"Dusty's, this is so-and-so, how can I help you?"

 

...

 

"No ma'am, we don't sell blinker fluid."

 

...

 

"No ma'am, no one sells blinker fluid."

 

...

 

"Why not? Because it doesn't exist."

 

...

 

"No ma'am, I am not, as you say, shitting you. It was a joke from a Saturday Night Live skit years ago."

 

...

 

"Yes ma'am, your husband is most likely being an asshole, a joker, or an asshole joker."

 

...

 

"Frying pans are traditional, Fred Meyer's carries cast iron."

 

...

 

"You too ma'am. Good day."

 

I sort of just stared at the dude and he shot me a Buddy Christ thumbs up. Half the store just lost their shit at that moment. His boss, who was obviously on the verge of tears only said, "Next time, language." and walked away shaking his head in disbelief.

 

it does exist. there is actually a product sold called blinker fluid. some vehicles(usually minivans) come from the factory with a washer fluid reservoir cap positioned right in or above the tail light housing. many soccer moms do not know what this fluid is, but they have heard of blinker fluid, see the fluid is low when unloading groceries, and are stupid enough to buy a product called blinker fluid from Walmart rather than buy normal windshield washer concentrate.

 

With that said, half of the parts people I deal with when ordering parts for the shop I work at do not know a u-joint from their bung hole. Most of the parts people around where I live are incompetent idiots...which works out, cause that is what the majority of their customer base is. Chances are when I walk into a Napa or Autozone, it is because no one else has the part I am looking for, and I will already know if your store has it in stock or you will have to special order it(provided your inventory and website are up to date)...but having worked retail for a bit before returning to automotive based jobs, I can say customer service in a retail setting sucks because many people are stupid.

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Auto parts people failed again. Pick-n-Pull lists a 82 Datsun 210 arrived 6/27, i drove one hour there yesterday and couldn't find it. Ask the parts guy inside, he gives me a computer printout of the location of a silver 1980 Datsun 210. Couldn't find that but there is a silver Datsun 310 where it said ... double fail.

 

The I get a rear-end from a Datsun 510. Bring it up for the 50% off sale this weekend. He says because it is wagon, it is the higher Truck price. I go back out and remove the pumpkin (cause it's half the price of the whole rearend) and come back in. This time a different guy says "wagon, same price as car". ARRRRGH!

 

What happened to the knowledgable parts people???

 

dont even get me started on Pick-n-pull....... called em about a window for the Bimmer, they told me they had a 4DOOR 93 325I. get tehre and get their printout for the bmws on the lot. of the 7 they had, only 2 were listed correctly. the 93 i went out there for was a 2 door, which does me absolutley no good. there were also 4 other "4 doors" that were 2 doors and one 5 series 4door listed as a 3 series 2dr. their explanation for that is..... its whatever the forklift driver says it is. if i dont like that, get out. sorry, they lost a customer. that company can go to hell.

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dont even get me started on Pick-n-pull....... called em about a window for the Bimmer, they told me they had a 4DOOR 93 325I. get tehre and get their printout for the bmws on the lot. of the 7 they had, only 2 were listed correctly. the 93 i went out there for was a 2 door, which does me absolutley no good. there were also 4 other "4 doors" that were 2 doors and one 5 series 4door listed as a 3 series 2dr. their explanation for that is..... its whatever the forklift driver says it is. if i dont like that, get out. sorry, they lost a customer. that company can go to hell.

 

The Portland South PnP seems to have one dude who is at least courteous, the rest at that store are just sort of dickish. One of the fucks is having a conversation in Spanish, but when he gets off the phone, he mumbles "fucking spics". WHAT!?

 

The Portland North and Vancouver locations seem to have at least people who are willing to listen, or at least not actively try and screw you through their ignorance.

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The spokane washington pull n save has been hiring many gorgeous ladies to run the front counter. Now the only thing I love more than a very beautiful redhead, is a very beautiful redhead with dirt under her fingernails from working, and who is all about hearing about your datto score in the yard. I ws there Saturday and there were 5 very attractive women working. I know oics or it didn't happen, but I had not my phone with me.

 

Its just a win for everyone.

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The spokane washington pull n save has been hiring many gorgeous ladies to run the front counter. Now the only thing I love more than a very beautiful redhead, is a very beautiful redhead with dirt under her fingernails from working, and who is all about hearing about your datto score in the yard. I ws there Saturday and there were 5 very attractive women working. I know oics or it didn't happen, but I had not my phone with me.

 

Its just a win for everyone.

 

One of them was prolly wides ex wife! Oh wait, she didn't like dattos, made him sell it :(

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The spokane washington pull n save has been hiring many gorgeous ladies to run the front counter. Now the only thing I love more than a very beautiful redhead, is a very beautiful redhead with dirt under her fingernails from working, and who is all about hearing about your datto score in the yard. I ws there Saturday and there were 5 very attractive women working. I know oics or it didn't happen, but I had not my phone with me.

 

Its just a win for everyone.

 

Go back there and get oics! Hell, tell them it's because your friends think you're full of shit. ;) That always gets proof pics.

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Go back there and get oics! Hell, tell them it's because your friends think you're full of shit. ;) That always gets proof pics.

Oh I am not worried the least about getting oics, I just left my phone back in my car, as I thought we were taking it, and ended up not. I will be back down on Saturday, ill fix y'all up!

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the guys that work at the near by napa are helpful, but their hours are pants. autozone is consistently a joke, they seem to only hire kids that are more occupied with making lame chit-chat then keeping the line moving. i tend to end up at oriellys or advanced

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