Asking for someone by name is absolutely different than asking to speak to someone who knows something. 
Asking for someone by name is absolutely different than asking to speak to someone who knows something.
In reply to FranktheTank:
Completely different if they ask for someone by name. I have been in a shop for twenty years, most of the guys coming out of tech school were in diapers when I started. FranktheTank, its not getting over an egotistical thing, it's getting sick and tired of hearing the same thing 50 times a day from neanderthals that think I know nothing about one of them thare turbo thing-a-ma-bobs because I am too cute and my boobs are in the way. You sound like you took that a little too personal FranktheTank...are you one of those guys who takes stuff apart and then calls every shop in town until Chester or Sean tells you how to put it back together again?
Whoa I'm being double teamed...
If I'm calling a parts store for mechanical advice... Put me out of my misery... I have cross referenced a transmission once when I found out my 70 was equipped with a 76 valve body mid rebuild... Confusing I must say.
I typically make a game of tricking the parts jockey into giving me the part I want. Try a 2004 truck with 97 running gear.
We have a local tractor supply company and a young lady is the best parts person in the business. She knows her stuff. I respect and appreciate that. When you know how to fix something and the parts clerk asks you absurd questions it ticks me off. Learn your trade or quit... Please.
Note: my GF said girls like to rant about things involving guys belittling their automotive knowledge. She gets mad when she has her tires aligned and they try to sell her tires... She pulls a MM gauge and says... Really? If I needed tires I'd not only go another 15k but I'd mount and balance them myself. Yeah she's handy in the shop but she's lazy... After we work 8-10 hr days she only helps about 3 hours and whines about sleep. If I could find a 4hr version I'd replace her.
In reply to DieselGirl:
I love the customers that think that way. They probably aren't regular customers since they don't know who you are. Most likely they are the guy who says "I'm not paying their monkeys $100 an hour for something I can do myself" Then when the junk motor they swapped in is as bad as the junk they took out someone they call out of the blue is supposed to drop what they are doing for money and play 20 questions on the phone and make all his problems go away. Don't they think if most problems could be solved in 5 minutes over the phone your guys would have been replaced by a call center in New Dehli like everyone else?
how 'bout when they call in like that ... your response is ... sure, but first let me run your credit card number because our rate is X $$ per hour
How fat and lazy are drag racers? All the rest of us are capable of climbing over the door bars to get into our cars which can be also left outside in the rain. Also- if you want to be NHRA legal, the door bars actually have to meet the NHRA standards. I don't really give a E36 M3 that your pristine factory armrest is where the door bar needs to be. if you want a berkeleying roll bar, you need a berkeleying roll bar. Don't try to defy the laws of physics.
Dear old fart who has driven your glasspacked shop truck back and forth past my office window at least 8 times every business day for the last 7 years:
The throttle is NOT an on/off switch.
Sincerely,
me
Dear nameless roadway engineer:
Was it strictly necessary to put TWO speed bumps 50 yards apart, one at each end of my building?
Please let me know your availability so I can introduce you to my friend and his shop truck. He's eager to meet you.
Sincerely,
me
Dear rain: enough already. you have made your point.
Dear grass: you too. knock it off.
Duke wrote: Was it strictly necessary to put TWO speed bumps 50 yards apart, one at each end of my building?
Speaking of speed bumps...
Dear guys and gals who drive lifted pickups with huge off-road tires:
The idea behind modifying your trucks is supposed, in part, to help it be able to go over obstacles.
Why, then, do you insist on slowing to 0.02mph to go over speed bumps?
EvanR wrote:Duke wrote: Was it strictly necessary to put TWO speed bumps 50 yards apart, one at each end of my building?Speaking of speed bumps... Dear guys and gals who drive lifted pickups with huge off-road tires: The idea behind modifying your trucks is supposed, in part, to help it be able to go over obstacles. Why, then, do you insist on slowing to 0.02mph to go over speed bumps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCfgx_krIo0
DieselGirl wrote: Caller: Yeah, I need to talk to one of your mechanics sweetie" Me: First off I'm not your sweetie, second, I'm not pulling a guy off the floor billing 105.00 an hour to come to the phone. What is it you are looking for? Caller : I just swapped out an engine on an old Pete I bought and now it wont start. I need him to tell me whats wrong. Me: What kind of engine? Reman? Caller: Its an old Cummins, no I can't afford a new one sweetie, I got this one from a buddy. Me: Well it sounds like you have more issues than a phone call can solve. I'm sorry but I just can't pull a guy off the floor, we are running out a week for engine repairs. I would be happy to fit you in a little sooner if you can hook it to our shop (which by the way is not a Pete shop) Caller: Just let me talk to one of your guys. He will know right away, it will only take a 5 minutes. Me: Nothing in a truck shop takes 5 minutes. Caller: You're a be-ah-tch Me: What happened to SWEETIE?? CLICK! Dialtone! everyday, everyday, everyday! ugh!!!!
If it makes you feel better, it happens to me as a guy too (except the sweetie part). "If you will put Randy on the phone I can get this cleared right up."
berkeleying freeloaders.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Dear rain: enough already. you have made your point. Dear grass: you too. knock it off.
this .... it's time to shop for a goat
wbjones wrote:Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Dear rain: enough already. you have made your point. Dear grass: you too. knock it off.this .... it's time to shop for a goat
Same here. I'm gonna need a whole herd of the damn things.
EvanR wrote: Speaking of speed bumps... Dear guys and gals who drive lifted pickups with huge off-road tires: The idea behind modifying your trucks is supposed, in part, to help it be able to go over obstacles. Why, then, do you insist on slowing to 0.02mph to go over speed bumps?
Because up until last year all the brotatos drove Civics and Golfs with cut springs, before dumping them to jump on the giant (diesel) truck fad. They're still in the habit of trying not to crack the crappy Wings West body kit.
damnit, I had to spend mot of my remaining money to buy new glasses today, now I'm either sick or have the worst stopped up, mucus ridden lungs/sinuses/everything else I've ever heard of.
I feel completely miserable. And I'm broke. lol
In reply to EvanR:
And railroad tracks. Dumb morons with all kinds of off road suspension and tires, but we slow to 5 mph to roll across fairly smooth tracks I have no problem nailing at 45 mph in my daily driver.
ncjay wrote: In reply to EvanR: And railroad tracks. Dumb morons with all kinds of off road suspension and tires, but we slow to 5 mph to roll across fairly smooth tracks I have no problem nailing at 45 mph in my daily driver.
I see that at work. We have speed "humps" behind the Borgata. I could hit them at 30mph in my lowered Ti that was on stiff as hell Coilovers... but the SUVs have to slow to a crawl. Even the other cars barely notice them
In reply to wbjones:
Haha! I have done that to a small shop who relies on our advice to fix trucks. He left a dealership then started his own little shop, cuts the labor rates in half then tries to call us for EVERY problem he has. Always wants to borrow our tools, manuals, and even laptops! I don't think so buddy!
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Dear rain: enough already. you have made your point. Dear grass: you too. knock it off.
that is one thing I am not complaining about. I dumped a metrec tonne (not really) of seed right before all this rain. It is now growing very nicely. The Bald spots in my lawn are looking better and better
Two partially related rants:
Dear Cable box guy- I cannot imagine a situation where I would want the online guide larger than the picture I am watching on my new 16/9 TV. I presume there is a setting somewhere in the box to fix this idiocy, but think about it for just a moment when you are programming your box.
Dear everything automatic- berkeley the berkeley off, you berkeleying berkeleys. When I fire up the AC in the car, putting it to super high is fine...but why would you think I then want a tiny stream of supercooled air instead of a nice breeze of temperate air? And when I turn the fan to manual, you better berkeleying well go to the speed I want, or I'll rip your electronic gizzard out and feed it to the fishes.
In reply to Streetwiseguy:
I have found that the default output of nearly every device and piece of software I use on a daily basis is pretty much the exact opposite of what I want to happen.
Dear dog, please listen to me when I suggest you "leave it" (or better yet, throw off the chains of pure dogdom and become more selective about what constitutes food than "Can I swallow this?"). Neither of us enjoy it when I have to reach in and remove something from your mouth. So much so that sometimes I don't if it's not making dangerous crunchy sounds.
From that, we get today. Sem-liquid poop circumnavigating the first floor of the house. Now I get to work late for taking time off to clean all that up, and get to look forward to rushing out to rent a steam cleaner after work, since you really can't clean carpet completely with a spray bottle and paper towels.
At least tonight's MotoGP-watching gathering got postponed and I don't have to worry whether the house still stinks and my nose has just gone on strike...
Dear comcast: stop calling me. I'll get my cable box back to you when it is convenient for me, just like you provided cable when it was convenient for you. Yes, I realize that you sent a guy out to pick it up free of charge. But that guy was in a black t shirt and jeans, in an unmarked Ford Focus, and had NO paperwork suggesting that he actually worked for you. I am not just handing my equipment over.
Dear (girlfriend's) dog-
I realize she lets you sleep curled up next to her pillow when I'm not in the bed, but when I AM in the bed, you sleep down at the foot of the bed. No, this does NOT mean that you can start at the foot of the bed, wake up in the middle of the night, move up to the top of the bed and lay down practically pushing me off the bed. Yes, I realize your little brain really can't grasp this if:then setup and it's more her fault for not being consistent (or better yet, just making you sleep on the berking floor since 2 people + 80lb dog do NOT fit well on ANY bed)- but you're the one waking me up in the middle of the night, not her.
Grrrr....
I took off on a road trip this week to visit the folks. The Sonoma was just serviced and even the a/c was fixed; or so I thought.
Yeah, it was great - for about three hours. Nothing like driving through southern and mid-Atlantic states on a day temps are climbing into the 90's and the cool breeze you expected just disappears. Hey, at least I have new and shiny parts in the engine bay that I can brag about.
At least the original mechanic, a geat guy btw, said he'd make good on any necessary repairs. Now let's see if the local guy here can find the problem. Here's to hoping its' just an easy to find leak with an easy repair and re-charge.
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