View Full Version : Gun Counter ignorance is not just in the gun store. Name some other examples.
Colorado Osprey
05-30-2013, 06:19
I know a lot of us are passionate about one thing or another. Most here have a passion for firearms.
This makes it difficult when you find someone spewing ignorance at the gun counter frustrating.
But, it isn't just the gun counter. It happens in almost all sales areas.
I work in the trailer/truck industry. I see/hear daily that auto dealers are telling folks they can tow things with their small SUV's that shouldn't be attempted even with a 1 ton dually.
Ok, maybe a little bit of an stretch, but not by a lot.
Auto sales, electronics, camper sales, hot tubs.... what are your experiences?
How many of you have found out after the sale that your salesman was full of it?
Never listen to salesmen! I have always done all my own research. I buy cars from a private dealer and most everything else on the internet. I do go to ACE, Lowes and a few local gunshops, but not to "shop". So really never happened to me.
Arg... instrument sales and people put in charge of purchasing that know NOTHING about them!!!
There is a REASON (manufacturing quality, testing, metal lurgy, resonance nodes, etc) trumpet A is only $300 and trumpet B is $3K. Please, do yourself a favor and get B... Or just give me the money and I'll take care of it.
Then you hear the "Well, player X would sound the same on horn A vs B"....
Well, duh you friggin' moron, player X has X number of years of performing and is competent to produce. However, I can guarantee you that player X is working his behind off trying to get a decent sound out of horn A, while when he uses horn B, it's a friggin Maybach in comparison!
HA
If I want a good laugh I ether stump the apple geeks or go into best guy's computer section and wait for the bs to start flying.
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I just about pulled a guy at the local parts store across the counter and beat him one day. I didn't ask for your lame ass diagnosis of my vehicle. You're barely qualified to tie your own shows and struggle to look up the correct parts for my vehicle in the computer.
Jeffrey Lebowski
05-30-2013, 07:50
I used to work as a pharmacist. It is amazing what people "know" about medications and various over-the-counter natural products.
spongejosh
05-30-2013, 07:59
I'm at Home Depot looking at ceiling fans. Lady comes over and asks if I'm installing it or if I want them to do it. I say I'll be doing it and I've done it before. She recommends a flimsy sheet metal "ceiling fan brace". I let her know I have access to the joists from the attic and I'll be using a 2x4 brace to mount it. She lets me know the 2x4 is not strong enough and I should use her little bracket. Then she says come over here and I'll show you the demo we have setup. I let her know I've seen it and a 2x4 screwed to the 2x4 joists will be more than sufficient. She gets snippy and says ok then walks away.
I've dealt with many helpful people at HD over the years but every now and then I get one like her.
Thanks to television, everyone knows everything they need to know about investigations...[hahhah-no]
First 5k oil change / tire rotation at Ehrlich Toyota in Greeley, wife took in the car with instructions for service manager to call me BEFORE ANY work was done. No call, wife gets home, wrong oil weight, and items requested not done. Few days later notice spots on driveway, go under and find drain plug less then finger tight, 2 lugs on right rear about to fall off. More then pissed, I would of thought being we bought the vehicle there, they would of been a little bit more accommodating. Will I continue to take it back for the included free oil changes and tire rotations for the next 25k, FUCK NO. It's sad, but customer service sux ass just about anyplace you go. Want it done right? Do it yourself.
ANY camera store that doesn't cater exclusively to commercial end users: "this camera takes really good pictures"
(no such camera has ever been made, any camera is just a tool)
HoneyBadger
05-30-2013, 09:00
Sales pitches at car places are the worst. I go in with a coupon for an oil change and tire rotation and they guy practically tries to sell me a new front end suspension!
If I want a good laugh I ether stump the apple geeks or go into best guy's computer section and wait for the bs to start flying.
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One word "MicroCenter"... But they are way better than in California where the word is "Fry's".
Tuesday evening I was in Lowes getting some replacement sprinkler heads and a customer asked the Lowe's employee where the control wire for sprinklers was and I kid you not the guy responded that the best wire was to get some sprinkler flags, strip the flag off and use it. The look on the guys face was utter disbelief and he said I have to run 40' of control wire.
Now typically what drives me nuts is Best Buy and other places selling computers, I cringe most every time someone from Best Buy tries to explain something.
Ran into it when I bought my TV a couple years ago at "Best" Buy... what a joke! I used to work there way back when (2005ish) in the Home Theater department, and had to know what I was selling. Granted, I knew what I was looking for and just hadn't settled on which brand and the exact size (40" range). The guy I dealt with hadn't a single clue as to what he was doing and when I asked "What's the Hz on this one?" He gave me a deer in the headlights. If I were selling cars and someone asked what the HP was on a certain car, and I didn't know, odds are I'd probably be fired. I found I just don't need salesmen anymore, I research beforehand and hope they have what I'm looking for either in stock or available for order.
On another note, working in the insurance world, I've found some people to be shady POSs and that everyone should know a little something about their home before getting insurance- such as: Market value and replacement cost (your dwelling/Coverage A) are two very different things. What I've seen a lot of is that some agents write policies very poorly... meaning, let's say it'll cost $500,000 to rebuild your house and the company your agent goes through offers 125% replacement cost coverage, so they say "Well it'll take 500K to rebuild it, but we have 125% so we'll write it for $375K and save you some money!" Well what if it ends up actually being $600K to rebuild it? Where is that extra $100K going to come from? That's right, you're gonna have to sue your agent for it. It's ridiculous... we try to be fair to both the customer and the company we represent, and being accurate in the replacement cost estimate is a win-win for everyone.
mikedubs
05-30-2013, 10:09
"Putting air in your nitrogen filled tires will cause the tires to corrode"
ETA: Ronin's post about Best Buy reminded me...those clowns pushing $300 HDMI cables as somehow better than a standard HDMI. The cable either works or it doesn't.
ANY camera store that doesn't cater exclusively to commercial end users: "this camera takes really good pictures"
(no such camera has ever been made, any camera is just a tool)
I forgot to defrost some film for an impromptu climb so i called Mikes Camera the other day and asked if they had any 220 film. After a few seconds of silence the girl said no one uses film any more and prompted me to stop by and get a digital point and shoot. I said no thank you i am partial to my Mamiya for landscapes. She said mom ma what? I hang up the phone and went else where.
First (and last) car I bought from a dealer. I was still in high school and bought the car for $7k outright, no financing. I'm sitting there counting out greenbacks and the woman doing the paperwork was being a complete bitch. Just don't understand that one.
Parts jockeys in the local parts houses get me too. Nearly EVERY diagnosis they give for a check engine light is an o2 sensor.
Auto parts counter jockeys are my biggest peeve.
One example:
Me: Ask for Holley carb jets in three different sizes.
Jockey: What car is it on?
Me: Doesn't matter. I need these parts. They are not stock.
Jockey: I need a make of car to look for it.
This goes around for a couple of rounds. I finally play his game and the end result is that he can't find it in his 'puter. Now I tell him to go back and find the Holley catalogue and find the part #s. Ten minutes later he came out with what I asked for. That was a wasted 1/2 hour.
Anymore I will gladly pay a little more for a service person who knows there ass from a hole in the ground.
HoneyBadger
05-30-2013, 10:58
"Putting air in your nitrogen filled tires will cause the tires to corrode"
ETA: Ronin's post about Best Buy reminded me...those clowns pushing $300 HDMI cables as somehow better than a standard HDMI. The cable either works or it doesn't.
This is why I buy all my digital cables from monoprice.com With a digital signal it is all 1s and 0s. There is no quality gradient here... Like you said: it either works or it doesn't. Bonus: Since you can buy a 12ft HDMI cable from monoprice for $3 plus about $3 shipping, you might as well buy 2 "just in case". That being said, I've ordered hundreds of dollars of cables, parts, speakers, etc from them and I've never received anything from them that didn't work as expected right out of the box.
ETA: Ronin's post about Best Buy reminded me...those clowns pushing $300 HDMI cables as somehow better than a standard HDMI. The cable either works or it doesn't.
Granted there is a difference between a higher end HDMI cable and the basic Wal-mart brand, but it's really not huge at all... It's not like the difference between a $200 1911 and a Nighthawk Custom.
HoneyBadger
05-30-2013, 11:02
Granted there is a difference between a higher end HDMI cable and the basic Wal-mart brand, but it's really not huge at all... It's not like the difference between a $200 1911 and a Nighthawk Custom.
Please explain the difference. Only conceivable difference I can think of is EM shielding between the strands, but everybody does that nowadays... even the $3 cable from monoprice.
3beansalad
05-30-2013, 11:05
F' the monster cable snobs!
...those clowns pushing $300 HDMI cables as somehow better than a standard HDMI. The cable either works or it doesn't.
"Replace the guide rod spring in your handgun every 300-500 rounds."
HoneyBadger
05-30-2013, 11:09
"Replace the guide rod spring in your handgun every 300-500 rounds."
LOL I'm approaching 4000rds on my glock.
Please explain the difference. Only conceivable difference I can think of is EM shielding between the strands, but everybody does that nowadays... even the $3 cable from monoprice.
From what I've read- between the XBox issued HDMI versus the braided cased Monster Cable that I somehow "acquired" (I don't buy that overpriced stuff) the only difference is durability, but even that is negligible.
3beansalad
05-30-2013, 11:20
From what I've read- between the XBox issued HDMI versus the braided cased Monster Cable that I somehow "acquired" (I don't buy that overpriced stuff) the only difference is durability, but even that is negligible.
But the Monster cable is so pretty, and you're going to need that durability when you bug out with the Xbox!
I actually read a reputable study once where Monster speaker wire was compared with electrical wire (think wiring a table lamp) and the electrical wire came out on top in all categories.
sandman76
05-30-2013, 11:22
The one I love is the little display board in the Home Depot showing how all the electrical in your house should be done. Saw a guy taking pictures of it one day. Good luck with that.
buckshotbarlow
05-30-2013, 11:26
One word "MicroCenter"... But they are way better than in California where the word is "Fry's".
My biggest gripe is listening to hound!!! blahahahahahaha macs suck!
SATA 10k rpm drives vs SSD.
IBM vs SUN
HP vs Dell
Ford vs chevy
Dodge vs everything else (for a farm truck)
And the worst one i've ever had to witness was International vs Case vs John Deere when all 3 reps where at my uncles farm right before harvest.
Delfuego
05-30-2013, 11:28
Ever try to buy a snowboard from a shop???[Bang]
Please explain the difference. Only conceivable difference I can think of is EM shielding between the strands, but everybody does that nowadays... even the $3 cable from monoprice.HDMI cables are "digital". Traffic is protocol driven and there would not be shit for difference in either other than materials and quality control.
Speaker cable on the other hand in a big F'n difference. There is a reason some speaker wires cost $100 per foot. You can hear the difference if you are an audiophile and have the gear...
[Rock]
buckshotbarlow
05-30-2013, 11:34
Back to the gun thing...listening to the Bass Pro GC guy say an XD is superior to everything else because it has a grip safety. WTF? Then my buddy buys an XD and hates it...wants me to sell it so he can get a glock...I wonder why?
Ronin, car sales people are not required to know Dick about the vehicles, especially used.
People mis-using the term "no-fault" in reference to auto accidents.
Most common is, "Well, this is a no fault state, so no one is at fault." I can honestly say that I have NEVER heard someone use the term correctly. Unfortunately, police are notorious for giving bad insurance info out to people involved in car accidents.
I took the car to the Saturn dealer to get the brakes looked at, pulling left under med/hard braking. Service guy takes it out said he didn't see it or feel it. I go to the service counter to try to get to talk to the mechanic and the counter guy chimes in. He said he sees this often and that most folks don't know pulling to one side is normal. I ask why. He said the brake fluid container is on the left side of the compartment so since it's closer to the front left brake, that brake will get more pressure. Then the right front, left rear etc. It took me a bit to process what he was saying, then I just stopped talking to him.
Once the mechanic came out I told him to take a ride with me. Showed him clearly what it was doing, let him drive it and experience the pull. Told him to really mash the brakes, it just about yanked the steering wheel out of his hands. He said it could be the curve of the road we were on. I thanked him and went about my way. Never went back there. I still kinda think they were messing with me but....
blacklabel
05-30-2013, 13:26
Ronin, car sales people are not required to know Dick about the vehicles, especially used.
In my experience it was actually easier to make the sale when I didn't know jack about the car or at least played dumb. I also never once had a customer ask how much HP a particular vehicle had.
I had the same experience, but didn't want to insult any salesmen who actually do their asdsfrom a hole in the ground.
brianakell
05-30-2013, 13:39
on vehicles, why do they try to undersell?
example, walk into dodge dealer many years ago, 12 or so.
"looking for a 94-02 cummins, manual 4wd, extended cab" (they usually have some parked out front)
thats a heck of a truck, what are you using it for?
"towing, and work, typically will have 5-6k pounds towing across the country.
"only 5 or 6k pounds? you can do that with a 1/2 ton just fine! And why manual, the autos are so smooth!
"Because diesels eat diesels, and I want to set the cruise going over eisenhower at 70, not sitting on the side of the road with burnt trans or whipping it like a pig to get it over a pass, do you have one of the trucks I asked about or not?"
Worst part was, out of 6 places, every one wanted to sell me a 1/2ton. I asked to spend more money, why arent you taking it? And yes, that dealer, had 2 trucks that fit the bill on the lot! Pissed me off enough when I I told him Id let him know, after the test drive. "why dont you just take it home, show it to the wife, and if she doesnt like it, bring it back tomorrow" He was told "because if I come home with a truck that is more than I am wanting to spend (20k for a 12k truck), I wont be coming back, she'll come back after burying me"
TheBelly
05-30-2013, 13:51
Arg... instrument sales and people put in charge of purchasing that know NOTHING about them!!!
There is a REASON (manufacturing quality, testing, metal lurgy, resonance nodes, etc) trumpet A is only $300 and trumpet B is $3K. Please, do yourself a favor and get B... Or just give me the money and I'll take care of it.
Then you hear the "Well, player X would sound the same on horn A vs B"....
Well, duh you friggin' moron, player X has X number of years of performing and is competent to produce. However, I can guarantee you that player X is working his behind off trying to get a decent sound out of horn A, while when he uses horn B, it's a friggin Maybach in comparison!
HA
THIS... String instruments are even harder because as they get up there in price, the qualities that separate a $45k from a $50k instrument may be so small that the average person doesn't even notice.
It takes a pretty experienced player to appreciate the difference in the distance between the strings, the slope of the fingerboard, the strings action height, and then how each of those work for/against each other. Most times, you can change some of them by chainging a little part here or there, but then the instrument might sound different, and thusly, the value drops. Your $40k instrument might now be only worth $25k because you made a change 5 years ago.
Good luck!
funkymonkey1111
05-30-2013, 14:33
Was looking for a particularly configured road bike and couldn't find it at the end of the model year. I stopped in a dealer in Morrison on a lark and the owner tells me he has one in my size, but it wasn't put together. I tell him, "that's exactly what i want....." Now, generally, you'd think that the owner of the shop, who didn't appear to be doing much of anything (not one customer in the store the entire time i was there) would consider saying "i can have that bike together for you in an hour." The guy said he could build it over the next few days and took my name and number. Of course, I found it elsewhere, cheaper, and never got that call back. Could be that the bike is still sitting there in the box for all i know.
tmleadr03
05-30-2013, 15:01
"Hi, could you tell me how much to change the brakes on my car?"
"Sure, what type of vehicle is it?"
"Um... it's blue..."
Jeffrey Lebowski
05-30-2013, 15:07
on vehicles, why do they try to undersell?
example, walk into dodge dealer many years ago, 12 or so.
"looking for a 94-02 cummins, manual 4wd, extended cab" (they usually have some parked out front)
thats a heck of a truck, what are you using it for?
"towing, and work, typically will have 5-6k pounds towing across the country.
"only 5 or 6k pounds? you can do that with a 1/2 ton just fine! And why manual, the autos are so smooth!
"Because diesels eat diesels, and I want to set the cruise going over eisenhower at 70, not sitting on the side of the road with burnt trans or whipping it like a pig to get it over a pass, do you have one of the trucks I asked about or not?"
Worst part was, out of 6 places, every one wanted to sell me a 1/2ton. I asked to spend more money, why arent you taking it? And yes, that dealer, had 2 trucks that fit the bill on the lot! Pissed me off enough when I I told him Id let him know, after the test drive. "why dont you just take it home, show it to the wife, and if she doesnt like it, bring it back tomorrow" He was told "because if I come home with a truck that is more than I am wanting to spend (20k for a 12k truck), I wont be coming back, she'll come back after burying me"
I have NEVER had this happen, and have purchased 2 Cummins, and obviously shopped around. If anything, the opposite or trying to fit me into a closely, but not identically configured vehicle on the upside of the one I wanted.
Goodburbon
05-30-2013, 15:27
Auto parts counter jockeys are my biggest peeve.
One example:
Me: Ask for Holley carb jets in three different sizes.
Jockey: What car is it on?
Me: Doesn't matter. I need these parts. They are not stock.
Jockey: I need a make of car to look for it.
This goes around for a couple of rounds. I finally play his game and the end result is that he can't find it in his 'puter. Now I tell him to go back and find the Holley catalogue and find the part #s. Ten minutes later he came out with what I asked for. That was a wasted 1/2 hour.
Anymore I will gladly pay a little more for a service person who knows there ass from a hole in the ground.
I have a jeep Cherokee. eVERY time it's " is that a grand Cherokee?".
If it were a grand, I'd have said grand Cherokee.
I swapped In a ford explorer rear axle.
What year? Doesn't matter, pick one. What year is the vehicle it's going on? Doesn't matter, it's not a stock part, like I said. well lets just try.
I need injector o-rings. We don't have any for your vehicle. Ok, give me some from a ford with a 302. What vehicle? What year? really? Why are you working here?
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"Hi, could you tell me how much to change the brakes on my car?"
"Sure, what type of vehicle is it?"
"Um... it's blue..."
That's not plain old ignorance, that's just flat out retarded.
I run into ignorance quite a bit in the medical field. Not as often as some of the industries mentioned here (thank God), but enough to be irritating. My personal favorite are the 50 year old diabetics who are coming in for a second amputation, have their family sneak in KFC nightly, and blame us for jacking up their insulin requirements. They'd literally prefer to have pieces of their body carved off each year, than to amend their lifestyle. Oh yeah, and they're all Medicaid too, so you and I are paying for it.
HoneyBadger
05-30-2013, 18:17
I run into ignorance quite a bit in the medical field. Not as often as some of the industries mentioned here (thank God), but enough to be irritating. My personal favorite are the 50 year old diabetics who are coming in for a second amputation, have their family sneak in KFC nightly, and blame us for jacking up their insulin requirements. They'd literally prefer to have pieces of their body carved off each year, than to amend their lifestyle. Oh yeah, and they're all Medicaid too, so you and I are paying for it.
[Mad]
Rucker61
05-30-2013, 18:26
Ever try to buy a snowboard from a shop???[Bang]
HDMI cables are "digital". Traffic is protocol driven and there would not be shit for difference in either other than materials and quality control.
Speaker cable on the other hand in a big F'n difference. There is a reason some speaker wires cost $100 per foot. You can hear the difference if you are an audiophile and have the gear...
[Rock] Which is why studios use Mogami and Canare at much less than $100 a foot.
This is why I buy all my digital cables from monoprice.com With a digital signal it is all 1s and 0s. There is no quality gradient here... Like you said: it either works or it doesn't. Bonus: Since you can buy a 12ft HDMI cable from monoprice for $3 plus about $3 shipping, you might as well buy 2 "just in case". That being said, I've ordered hundreds of dollars of cables, parts, speakers, etc from them and I've never received anything from them that didn't work as expected right out of the box.
Much like concealed=concealed, digital=digital. Build quality=durability does have some merit.
Granted there is a difference between a higher end HDMI cable and the basic Wal-mart brand, but it's really not huge at all... It's not like the difference between a $200 1911 and a Nighthawk Custom.
^^ see above. ^^ Costco cables are built by Audioquest. Definite hit.
Please explain the difference. Only conceivable difference I can think of is EM shielding between the strands, but everybody does that nowadays... even the $3 cable from monoprice.
Again, my response agrees.
F' the monster cable snobs!
Monster cable is a despicable company. Want a good read? Check out the Blue Jeans cable response to their lawsuit. http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/
But the Monster cable is so pretty, and you're going to need that durability when you bug out with the Xbox!
I actually read a reputable study once where Monster speaker wire was compared with electrical wire (think wiring a table lamp) and the electrical wire came out on top in all categories.
Ever try to buy a snowboard from a shop???[Bang]
HDMI cables are "digital". Traffic is protocol driven and there would not be shit for difference in either other than materials and quality control.
Speaker cable on the other hand in a big F'n difference. There is a reason some speaker wires cost $100 per foot. You can hear the difference if you are an audiophile and have the gear...
[Rock]
Which is why studios use Mogami and Canare at much less than $100 a foot.
For speaker wire, a coat hanger will beat just about anything at the same length. Zip cord > Monster. Check out DIY White Lightning Moonshine (http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/whitelightning/moonshine.html). That's my speaker cable of choice. I'd challenge anyone to tell the difference, double blind test, between one I built for $20 vs. any esoteric bullshit. I build my own interconnects using Canare cable.
My biggest gripe is listening to hound!!! blahahahahahaha macs suck!
SATA 10k rpm drives vs SSD.
IBM vs SUN
HP vs Dell
Ford vs chevy
Dodge vs everything else (for a farm truck)
And the worst one i've ever had to witness was International vs Case vs John Deere when all 3 reps where at my uncles farm right before harvest.
Whatever tool works best for the job at hand.
SSD > SAS>FC>SCSI>SATA for batch and OLTP workloads (enterprise) it's the algorithm that places hot data that matters.
IBM Power is > Sun
HP vs Dell - don't care, X/AMD is not a real processor ;-)
Dodge uber alles
Juan's Deer (Burro) trumps all.
How about the media? That has to be the worst ignorance we see daily, however my ears perked up today when an MSNBC libtard ripped into Obama. I guess all it took was his 1st amendment rights to get trampled....
ZERO THEORY
05-31-2013, 07:08
I routinely have to link people to info on calculation macronutrient needs, utilizing compound exercises, and why taking a pre-workout, post-workout, boosters, and two different kinds of protein is pointless.
Me: "You can't even squat your own bodyweight. How exactly do you plan on having the strength to move sufficient weight to build yourself properly?"
Idiot: "Well, Joe told me I should be doing 3 sets of 12 to failure. I've been doing lots of leg press."
*Blood pressure rises*
Me: "You're wasting your time doing isolation exercises. I can personally guarantee you're going to plateau immediately, get frustrated, then give up. You need to build a strength base; you're putting the cart before the horse."
Idiot: "Yeah, but I read in Arnold Schwarzenegger's book that he used to do the same routine I'm doing. He said it's what got him so big."
Me: "Yes, and this was after Arnold had competed in powerlifting and Olympic-style weightlifting. He was squatting well over 600 pounds and deadlifted 800+. He had already built himself properly long before he was a bodybuilder. Furthermore, that routine and style of training was contingent on him running cycles year-round."
Idiot: "Well, I just wanna get jacked for summer."
Me: "You should understand that you'll be lucky to gain 10 pounds of LBM this year, assuming you stay consistent."
Idiot: "But Joe gained 30 pounds of PURE MUSCLE since January."
Me: "He may have gained 30 pounds, but it was not all lean mass, I assure you. It is physiologically impossible, even if he was juiced to the gills."
Idiot: "Well, I don't know if I'm going to be able to eat every hour."
Me: "Ummmm...don't?"
Idiot: "But Joe told me I have to eat every hour to get JACKED FIBRAZ."
Me: "Right. Listen, I'm going to give you some links that you should check out. Gotta go."
If I want a good laugh I ether stump the apple geeks or go into best guy's computer section and wait for the bs to start flying.
This.
Jeffrey Lebowski
05-31-2013, 07:39
[Shock]
I have a jeep Cherokee. eVERY time it's " is that a grand Cherokee?".
If it were a grand, I'd have said grand Cherokee.
I swapped In a ford explorer rear axle.
What year? Doesn't matter, pick one. What year is the vehicle it's going on? Doesn't matter, it's not a stock part, like I said. well lets just try.
When I had an XJ I had this happen all the time. Curiously, when I had a ZJ, I had the opposite happen. "So it is a Cherokee?"
I'm assuming you have an explorer 8.8 (or even cooler than I was and have a 9!), and that on my YJ caused similar problems. Drive to the parts shop in a jeep and ask for a ford part and they're staring through the window at the jeep.
I'd just lie and say I had an explorer at home.
I run into ignorance quite a bit in the medical field. Not as often as some of the industries mentioned here (thank God), but enough to be irritating. My personal favorite are the 50 year old diabetics who are coming in for a second amputation, have their family sneak in KFC nightly, and blame us for jacking up their insulin requirements. They'd literally prefer to have pieces of their body carved off each year, than to amend their lifestyle. Oh yeah, and they're all Medicaid too, so you and I are paying for it.
Obviously not legs, but the vascular surg department at Medical University of South Carolina just lets their diabetics autoamputate the toes, at least. First time I heard that I was [Shock] -but after a while I really liked it. Look, this is what is going to happen? Don't believe me? Fine....
I just about pulled a guy at the local parts store across the counter and beat him one day. I didn't ask for your lame ass diagnosis of my vehicle. You're barely qualified to tie your own shows and struggle to look up the correct parts for my vehicle in the computer.
So violent Ray, got some stress you need to unload?
I have been there, I know my Jeep like the back of my hand and get guys telling me what is wrong or why it is not working.
Byte Stryke
05-31-2013, 09:42
I just about pulled a guy at the local parts store across the counter and beat him one day. I didn't ask for your lame ass diagnosis of my vehicle. You're barely qualified to tie your own shows and struggle to look up the correct parts for my vehicle in the computer.
how do you tie shows?
Ray... don't type angry.
[ROFL1]
Bitter Clinger
05-31-2013, 09:46
I hear you guys on the car parts. I'm rebuilding a 47 chevy coupe. I HATE going to the parts store. Looking for a electric wiper motor, what year sir? It doesn't matter small, its custom, what year custom sir? Just give a small wiper motor! Same with battery's. Its in my trunk dude, there- that one.
In a former life, I worked in a speed shop, and we really had to know our stuff.This was about the time when Checker and Autozone were just getting their computerized lookup systems, but we were old school with paper catalogs. I've gotten to the point where I just ask the kid behind the counter to hand me the catalog and look my own parts up when I need car parts. Or i just look the shit up on line and give them part numbers.
ETA: I still have a ton of the part numbers engraved in my brain. Mallory Unilite mechanical advance distributor for a Chevy V8 is a 3748201...Holley 830 annular discharge double pumper is a 0-9380....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuugh
Dodge uber alles
Nuff said right there! [Beer]
Ran into another one last night- "Islam is a religion of peace." Said by a gal who was raised Southern Baptist and is now Presbyterian. [facepalm]
I have been he ignorant kid behind the auto parts counter. It is kind of a loose loose situation. They computer does not have a way to look at individual components just make and model. I you don't give it that info it gets stubborn and won't move. I put a ford 9 under the back of my unlimited with a home made disk break kit and a high pinion 44 up front. I pulled make model enginge size and tranny and put it into a book then when I buy things I record the part numbers.
The worst experience I ever had at a dealership
me- I am looking for a crew cab 1/2 ton 4x4 with the big motor. Salesman- no problem I will pull some keys. I test drove 4 withe the wrong size motor I refused to drive a regular cab 6'2" 250 lbs and when I thought I found the right truck I drove it and the wife approved I went looking for the transfer case handle or switch an it didn't exist on that truck. What a waste of a day.
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