Unbeleivable
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From: Fisher, IL
guy at advanced had a long conversation with me while we where waiting. I guess to return something you have to get the manager to enter in a code so there we where waiting 10min for the manager to get done with some other costumer. He knew quite a bit about it then proceeded to tell me how he is making a integra 4WD for his GF
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Racer
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Wow, its amazing how sensitive some poeple are.I'm sure you have a nice car and know a lot about it. By the way I am pretty lazy, I kinda think of it as an attribute. I'm trying to be nice because if I blast something else you might need to open another box of kleenex.Also I apoligise if my spelling is off sometimes I miss a leter or two
Burning Brakes
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From: POINT PLEASANT NEW JERSEY
Originally Posted by gixxr
I needed a new headlight, so I drive over to the locale Auto Zone.
A polite young man asks if he can help. So I says, "I need a headlight", so he says, "what kind of car", so I says "a 93 Corvette",
then he says, "what make is that", 
I says nothing, he chuckles a little and says, "I really don't know, is that a Ford" 
then as he chuckles trying to avoid sounding like a complete idiot says, "he only messes with Honda civics". 
NO REALLY, what the HELL is the world coming to???
A polite young man asks if he can help. So I says, "I need a headlight", so he says, "what kind of car", so I says "a 93 Corvette",
then he says, "what make is that", I says nothing, he chuckles a little and says, "I really don't know, is that a Ford" then as he chuckles trying to avoid sounding like a complete idiot says, "he only messes with Honda civics". NO REALLY, what the HELL is the world coming to???Enjoy the USA....... while it lasts!!!
Melting Slicks
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From: Red Sox Nation! RI
Originally Posted by gixxr
I think if I knew what the part number of a headlight was off the top of my head I would take my taped up glasses off and shoot myself in the pocket protector, or I crash way to often
SBC Starter - part #3510, SBC Waterpump #330 or 331
Sorry, former parts geek that did have a Castrol pocket protector
I think I'd give someone a look like they were Taliban if they didn't know where a Corvette, apple pie, or mom came from.
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Racer
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Originally Posted by C4boy
Brake light bulbs - #2057, Marker bulbs - 194
SBC Starter - part #3510, SBC Waterpump #330 or 331
Sorry, former parts geek that did have a Castrol pocket protector
I think I'd give someone a look like they were Taliban if they didn't know where a Corvette, apple pie, or mom came from.
SBC Starter - part #3510, SBC Waterpump #330 or 331
Sorry, former parts geek that did have a Castrol pocket protector
I think I'd give someone a look like they were Taliban if they didn't know where a Corvette, apple pie, or mom came from.
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From: Saraland Alabama
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Yes, we definitely live in a rapidly changing world. A few months ago I was attending a Cruise-in and my wife and I went into a Firehouse Sub restaurant and placed our order. The young lady (18-20) behind the counter asked me my first name and said she would call me when my order was ready. I told her "Sanford" and she said pardon me. I responded with "Sanford", like in "Sanford & Son". At that point she looked at me with an even more confused and lost look on her face. As this conversation was taking place, her boss, about 40, came walking by and he also could not believe she had never heard of the TV show "Sanford & Son". I just recently turned 60 so I guess I am in fact living in a different world from the latest generation to enter the work force.
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From: Merritt Ils Fl
Originally Posted by CMYC5GO
What's even more unbelievable is that you had to get assistance in buying a stinkin headlight. How hard is it to walk to the shelf, and grab a H6054 headlight? Not exactly quantum physics.....
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Originally Posted by CMYC5GO
Pretty funny stuff.
Tell me...once the nimrod behind the counter was able to tell you what headlight you needed (since you were too lazy to go find it yourself), were you at least able to install it on your own, or did you have to get somebody else to hold your hand through that process too?
Tell me...once the nimrod behind the counter was able to tell you what headlight you needed (since you were too lazy to go find it yourself), were you at least able to install it on your own, or did you have to get somebody else to hold your hand through that process too?
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Originally Posted by FLACHUSNRET
Yes, we definitely live in a rapidly changing world. A few months ago I was attending a Cruise-in and my wife and I went into a Firehouse Sub restaurant and placed our order. The young lady (18-20) behind the counter asked me my first name and said she would call me when my order was ready. I told her "Sanford" and she said pardon me. I responded with "Sanford", like in "Sanford & Son". At that point she looked at me with an even more confused and lost look on her face. As this conversation was taking place, her boss, about 40, came walking by and he also could not believe she had never heard of the TV show "Sanford & Son". I just recently turned 60 so I guess I am in fact living in a different world from the latest generation to enter the work force.
I asked the daughter (30) if she knew what is written on Rock Hudson's tombstone. She said what? I said "I hate to leave my friends behind".
Then a 3.4 student says, "Whos Rock Hudson"?
Melting Slicks
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From: Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Originally Posted by redwing76
So thats what owning a C5 does to people?
I would have responded to this thread exactly the same, were my C4 still sitting out there in the driveway.A guy starts a thread, complaining about a parts counter kid not knowing who builds the Corvette, and at the same time, doesn't have the rudimentary knowledge of which replacement headlight to buy for his car. I mean, c'mon, that's automotive knowledge 101, and then to boot, he "didn't feel like walking to the shelf, picking one up himself" and "he considers his laziness to be an attribute"........
What's wrong with this picture? Who looks like the bigger dummy in the above scenario? Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black, hmmm?
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
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Originally Posted by CMYC5GO
What's wrong with this picture? Who looks like the bigger dummy in the above scenario? Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black, hmmm?
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Elite Torch Red Member
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
Cental/South NJ Events Coordinator
CI 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 Vet
CI-II Burnout & Drag Champ
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Forgive me for going off topic, but it's on topic for this subject
Melting Slicks
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From: Red Sox Nation! RI
So Rock Hudson goes into a bakery looking for a piece............of warm apple pie. The 18 year old behind the counter asks him if that's the same as pumpkin? Since Mr. Hudson's attention is diverted to the fresh buns coming out, he doesn't realize the mistake and proceeds to the check out. After handing the cashier $10 and 50 cents for a $5.45 sale, the cashier spends another 20 minutes trying to make the correct change (after all, he rang in $5.45 as the tendered amount so the register didn't tell him how much to give back).
Running late, Rock goes off in his C4 a bit too quickly. He swerves to miss George Jefferson whose being chased down the street by an angry woman waving a shrunken wool sweater. In his attempt to avoid hitting George, Rock crashes into the back of Lamont Sanford's pickup truck, breaking his front headlight.
After 5 minutes of screaming "Elizabeth!", Fred Sanford emerges from the front seat and suggests they go to Azone to get Rock a replacement headlight. Knowing the basics of his job, the knowledgable, pocket-protector wearing counter nerd swiftly produces an H6054 from the large selection of headlights.
As the 3 leave the store and Walk across the street, they run into Leno filming a TV segment. When asked by Jay, Rock, Fred & Lamont are all able to identify the # of stars on the U.S. flag, the 3rd person in line for the Presidency and Francis Scott Key's contribution to American history...... in an episode that never airs on the Tonight show.........
Moral of this story? There's a full moon, I should switch to decaf......and you should kinda know what you're doing at your job.
Running late, Rock goes off in his C4 a bit too quickly. He swerves to miss George Jefferson whose being chased down the street by an angry woman waving a shrunken wool sweater. In his attempt to avoid hitting George, Rock crashes into the back of Lamont Sanford's pickup truck, breaking his front headlight.
After 5 minutes of screaming "Elizabeth!", Fred Sanford emerges from the front seat and suggests they go to Azone to get Rock a replacement headlight. Knowing the basics of his job, the knowledgable, pocket-protector wearing counter nerd swiftly produces an H6054 from the large selection of headlights.
As the 3 leave the store and Walk across the street, they run into Leno filming a TV segment. When asked by Jay, Rock, Fred & Lamont are all able to identify the # of stars on the U.S. flag, the 3rd person in line for the Presidency and Francis Scott Key's contribution to American history...... in an episode that never airs on the Tonight show.........
Moral of this story? There's a full moon, I should switch to decaf......and you should kinda know what you're doing at your job.
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From: Merritt Ils Fl
Consider for a minute these young folks are dealing with every make and model built since the 50s. There is no way any one of them could have the detailed knowledge about our cars or any car for that matter that most of us do. Today they are a slave to a computer and must follow the procedure the computer demands. Throw in boats,airplanes and lawnmowers to make the situation worse. By all means each and every one should be trying to learn more about the wonderful world of automobiles but for at least 80% the job is temporary at best. If you find a good counterman (or woman) always seek them out to reduce your parts search problems.
Last edited by Muffin; Nov 6, 2006 at 10:23 PM.
