Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Good news! My new house has internet.

Better news, it's not Comcast!

Best news, we stopped Comcast service at the old house!!!!



New internet is half the price, double the speed. 'Nuff said.

Who did you get? Ive been using At&T and while im pensive about another tech giant, i can say i havent had the shortage issues or drop in download during peak hourss

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Good news! My new house has internet.

Better news, it's not Comcast!

Best news, we stopped Comcast service at the old house!!!!



New internet is half the price, double the speed. 'Nuff said.

Who did you get? Ive been using At&T and while im pensive about another tech giant, i can say i havent had the shortage issues or drop in download during peak hours

[Lantanafrs2]

J-lo and shakira must have been wearing kevlar body stockings. They got some junk in the trunk in real life

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

Who did you get? Ive been using At&T and while im pensive about another tech giant, i can say i havent had the shortage issues or drop in download during peak hourss

I can assure you that you are not in their service area.

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I can assure you that you are not in their service area.

wave? i know the PNW has their own local branch too

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by soundman98

yea... but trying to find anyone to even pay at this point in time is a loosing battle these days. my brother's dealership has come to conclusion to not have a service manager because they couldn't find anyone that even wanted the job.

a buddy of mine works at an independent shop, the main 'service writer' is a 60 year old lady, that despite working there for 20+ years, still reads the service tickets to the customers exactly how they're written, much to the enjoyment of the techs and the words they sometimes slip in...

contact some local dealers-- i know the bmw and lexus dealers in my area have a day every couple month or so where a mobile 'wheel repair' trailer comes through, and they take care of a few dozen wheels at a time.

What I'm gathering from responses from people with some experience is that my expectations were too high, and someone doesn't have to know the difference between a wheel and tire to work for a body repair shop. I can actually feel myself becoming a curmudgeon.

Thanks for the advice on the wheel repair trailer. I'll call a few more places tomorrow and see if I can find out more.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

I suck at parallel parking, and as a result managed to curb one of the wheels on the WRX. Looking to get it repaired to hide my shame, and called a collision center I've used in the past. Here's how the call went:

Me: "Hey, I have a wheel with curb rash on it. It is currently off the car. Could I drop it off there to be repaired whenever you get to it?"
Shop: "I don't know, let me check. *2 minute hold* I talked to the manager and we don't do tire repair here. You should call Penn Tire."
Me: "Just to make sure, the damage is to the wheel, not the tire. That's a tire store and I don't think they repair wheels."
Shop: "Yeah, for your tire repair."
Me: "No, I need the wheel fixed, not the tire."
Shop: "Yeah."
Me: "Okey dokey."

Called Penn Tire. They're a tire shop and don't repair wheels.

I try not to be too picky when working with people in a service industry, but I feel like knowing the difference between a wheel and a tire should be a minimum bar when answering the phone for an automotive collision repair shop.

Well now, ScoobsMcGee, maybe you just got an old guy on the phone. If you did, first off, you should have asked to have a RIM fixed (yes SHOUT - rim, cause he is most likely half deaf). Besides, wheels are things that are on wagons

Secondly, don't call it a "curb rash". A "rash" is something to doctor with iodine or camphor oil (you just got him all confused).

Thirdly, don't ask to have it "repaired" - just tell him it has a dent in it. "Repaired" implies it needs parts - rims don't have "parts" (you further confused him).

So, it sounds to me like YOU may have had a communication problem -

If you're gonna reply to old humfrz - put it in LARGE PRINT so as I can see it.

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Thirdly, don't ask to have it "repaired" - just tell him it has a dent in it. "Repaired" implies it needs parts - rims don't have "parts" (you further confused him).

I'm... not helping here, am I?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

I'm... not helping here, am I?

Nope. THAT picture you posted is NOT a RIM. THIS is a RIM - now, how many pieces do YOU count. Don't argue with him, he was messing with tires and rims waaay before your papa was born.

(hell, he can remember when tires were solid rubber)


humfrz - for the old guy

[korhun]

I think I was poisoned by a food I've eaten near my workplace. I've slept more than 36 hours and couldn't eat anything. I'm alright now, and feel I've lost some weight I'm thinking of.. If I eat there again and again; and be poisoned for about 398 more times, I'd be on my ideal weight at last.

[Boomerang]

Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

J-lo and shakira must have been wearing kevlar body stockings. They got some junk in the trunk in real life

At least their brake pads were visible..

[Boomerang]

Originally Posted by korhun

I think I was poisoned by a food I've eaten near my workplace. I've slept more than 36 hours and couldn't eat anything. I'm alright now, and feel I've lost some weight I'm thinking of.. If I eat there again and again; and be poisoned for about 398 more times, I'd be on my ideal weight at last.

Coronavirus?

[korhun]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

Coronavirus?

I haven't driven a Toyota Corona lately, so I guess not..

[Boomerang]

Originally Posted by korhun

I haven't driven a Toyota Corona lately, so I guess not..

Pretty sure you haven't had one of these recently either..