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Carmine

Carmine

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Oh millennials, someday you'll be the majority... until then here's some hate-speech to send you into a safe-space.

Sunday afternoon and I need a rear brake rotor for my LHS. Mr. Badwrench (me) never imagined a rear rotor could get that worn!

So I rollz into VatoZone in my junky ol' Dodge truck (because I don't want to clean up enough to sit in any other car I own). Amazingly enough I walked out with the part it needed only to observe a 20-something wearing basketball shorts and no socks (it's freakin' December) staring off into space while the countergirl hefts the battery out of his girlfriend's Honda. Maybe he was focused intently, but it was through the eye covered by his pretty hair, so I couldn't tell.

Is it any wonder we need all these special needs bathrooms for guys to sit down and pee? No wonder the need for lesbian wedding cakes... what girl needs this dead weight around her neck?

I did enjoy watching him jump when junky ol' trucked blasted some noise through the side exit exhaust.

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Even more sickening is watching some woman trying to put freon in or pulling a part off her engine in VatoZone's parking lot with this loser sitting in the passenger seat watching her or playing Call of Duty on his FN phone.
 
:thankyou: Boy I am glad I was born well before these Auto Supermarkets appeared on the planet.
Use to enjoy hanging out at a real parts store counter shooting the breeze with the friend/parts guy 'jist wait'in for some weekend warrior to come in and ask for sum'tin!
Even better when they were carrying a greasy drippy part... oh the FUN...

:rofl:
 
Todays kids and young adults all seem to be on the same career path. They all want to design video games for a living. Well when I was a kid I wanted to replace Mickey Mantle in centerfield for the Yankees. Good thing I had a plan B.
 
68PK21 440.6bbl said:
:thankyou: Boy I am glad I was born well before these Auto Supermarkets appeared on the planet.
Use to enjoy hanging out at a real parts store counter shooting the breeze with the friend/parts guy 'jist wait'in for some weekend warrior to come in and ask for sum'tin!
Even better when they were carrying a greasy drippy part... oh the FUN...

:rofl:
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I never understood why these places have white tile floors when Eb (from Green Acres) coming walking in with something leaking brake fluid or power steering fluid all over the floor. I would kill the guy if it was my store. Benz Hydraulics has huge signs everywhere telling you to leave whatever you brought in these huge drip pans outside their store. They'll bring it in themselves.

However, I see the new Advance Auto Parts stores now have sealed concrete floors now instead of the white tile.
 
68PK21 440.6bbl said:
:thankyou: Boy I am glad I was born well before these Auto Supermarkets appeared on the planet.
Use to enjoy hanging out at a real parts store counter shooting the breeze with the friend/parts guy 'jist wait'in for some weekend warrior to come in and ask for sum'tin!
Even better when they were carrying a greasy drippy part... oh the FUN...

:rofl:
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On the day I went, the staff inside was 100% female. But they were all kickin' butt and got my parts request right! So my complaint is less about chain stores and more about how ill-prepared so many people are for the non-virtual world.

I've mentioned before that I'm in a position to hear complaints from residents in my community. During snowplow season, many seem to think you clear snow by highlighting 250 miles of residential streets and pressing "delete". And if their's isn't cleared first, it's off to the city FB page to complain.
 
1978 NYB said:
have sealed concrete floors now instead of the white tile.
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Yea the WallyWorld north of me just got done with a major 8 month tear up for wot'friggen reason I don kno... First brought in new shelves, then tore up all the linoleum squares an leaving them under the shelves, cleaned concrete & seal coated it. Now us types that have been involved in the construction industry here in FL can see what a shitty pour an leveling they did. 'least the floor guys ground it down so their job didn't look like the Atlantic Ocean!
They did remove the old tiles under shelves (after stock loading) talk about working azz backwards.
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What store allows a counterperson to carry out the door much less install a battery in a customers car? Surely there are liabilty concerns stopping this practice.
Countergirl was probably just impressed with those skinny white legs. And you know girlfriend in the walking boot does all the driving for Mister Wonderful!
 
rapidtrans said:
What store allows a counterperson to carry out the door much less install a battery in a customers car? Surely there are liabilty concerns stopping this practice.
Countergirl was probably just impressed with those skinny white legs. And you know girlfriend in the walking boot does all the driving for Mister Wonderful!
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VatoZone will install your battery, wipers, pull OBD codes so you can throw sensors at problems, I've even seen them changing headlights.

For laughs, I should buy a battery for my LHS and demand they install it (you have to go through the front wheelwell). If they protest, I'll say it's all I can afford (retail value $1500) and that they are discriminating against the pouhr by refusing to disassemble my car in their parking lot while I update my FB page.
 
I wait till it's pouring out to buy new wipers with their free installation.
Another one of my small contributions to the education of today's youths in preparing them for survival in the real world that lies ahead.
 
WOW! I forgot that everyone born before 1990 is perfect. I'm confused how this whole "millennials are worthless" thing even got started. Whatever.
Nothing against you, Carmine, the whole thing just pisses me off.
 
The Horvaths said:
WOW! I forgot that everyone born before 1990 is perfect. I'm confused how this whole "millennials are worthless" thing even got started. Whatever.
Nothing against you, Carmine, the whole thing just pisses me off.
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Don't take it personal, it obviously isn't a 100% rule. Tons of X-ers like me aren't worth a sh*t either. But I will say that it feels like more and more "youth" lack any sort of pride/shame/motivation/spirit. They seem quite content to live in imaginary worlds and men seem more affected then women. I don't think this is accidental.
 
IMHO the problem, as so often Is the case , starts with the parents. My kids were all born in the 80's. They all got taught basic llife skills including car maintenance. My son was building his 67 coronet at 14 with the money he earned working at a resteraunt. My youngest daughter changed her Blazers water pump at college. Teach your children well.....if not be aware of the result. Dont blame the kids entirely for the lack of knowledge, skills and ambition.
 
Even back in my H.S. days i had buddies not too mechanically inclined. One guy couldn't turn a screw driver. He busted a wheel cover trying to turn one of the fake lug nuts on his Galaxie 500. His mom & younger sister (think Eve Baxter) could change the oil or a tire.
Figures he'd end up a lawyer.
 
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