*Brit* wrote,
*TR you were right, the parts counter guys get real squirmy if you tell them the truth.*
Counter guys are generally from the same intelligence pool as car wash towel guys and guys that say, "You want fries with that?" for a living.
If you spring an original thought on them, they are scared and confused (like a opossum in headlights).
They have never had an original thought, and it makes them very nervous just to be around someone that might have had one...
(They say, "Thinking is bad, make my head hurt...")
First it's non-comprehension, then it turns to disbelief, then to stubborn hostility when they realize your smarter than Forest Gump, (the guy they hope to be one day...)
They see you as a threat.
It's one of the basic survival instincts they can't muster enough I.Q. points to control...
You are a threat to everything they know to be true...
It isn't in the computer, and they can't read well enough to consult a interchange guide, so it just HAS to be a lie, it just can't be right...
You have to be a demon from hell sent there to test them, confuse them, trick them, eat their souls, (or their lunch, I can't tell the difference... they both look like bologna to me...) /wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif
BRIT! You nasty Jeeper you! What a Big, Bad Bully you are!!
Asking for things that make them think...
Stop Picking on those poor, defenseless little counter guys and let them get on with nose mining and poorly told AIDS jokes..../wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif
I go to the discount auto parts places just to play "Stump The Chumps".
I ask them for something simple and see if they can find it...
The Manager at the local Auto-Zone has been looking for a vacuum advance canister for a 79 Jeep CJ-7 distributor IN THE EMISSIONS SECTION for about two months now...
...He wins, the game so far, but the guy that thinks a TFI ignition coil is for the electric door locks is coming up on the outside fast...
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed here are mine, and shared by several others.
I'm sure there are good parts men around, I just haven't met very many in the last 15 years.
Even the local NAPA has gone to hell. All new counter guys that don't know a zip tie from a lug nut...
If you are offended, sorry you resemble these remarks...
Later Folks, Aaron.
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