Anger Management - Personal Experience Edition
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polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Yes..... I would, I have and would do it again, the best that I could if I needed the job
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Perhaps.
I worked at an O'rilleys for 6 months. They hired me in at a pretty good wage because of my background and experience, then started ragging on me to step into store management, which I resisted.
Most of the other employees were young guys paid miminum wage. These are who you should expect to be dealing with on the average. More then likely you know more about what they are doing then they do. Some just don't care..... Most of the others just don't know. The fact that most folks who walk in don't have a clue about what they want or need and relies on the clueless counter guy to tell them, Kinda like a "dumb & dumber" situation.
If the counter guy is trying, I will help them along on their computer screen. Patience can be a virtue, anger get's you nowhere.
furyus 67
Senior Member
Unfortunately for us, most of these companies look for cash register experience. They are more likely to hire the seasonal jcpenny dip stick than someone with any knowledge of the products they sell because they don't have to train them on the register. They figure they will learn the products. Dealing with non-car people at these places is the most frustrating thing for me. I would rather deal with a non-typing index finger keyboard stabbing car guy than some numb nut that can properly fold a button up shirt!
68plymouth383
Senior Member
It almost seems like a loaded question... you said to ask yourself if you'd work for what they pay... Dave responded, and you come in after saying "perhaps"... I've had horrible customer service at most Oriellys. I still go there because there one of a few that sell wix filters, and there fairly local. Would I ever work there. No way. There managers are all arrogant, they act like they have better things to do than deal with consumers. This is my experience from all of them not just 1.
Scaye
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I also shop online to avoid frustration and some retailers have the ship to store option...
I use retail me not for discount codes (autozone, pepboys, advancedauto, rockauto).
http://www.retailmenot.com/coupons/discountautoparts
and
http://www.showmetheparts.com/ for compatibility and interchange numbers.
What do others use?
I use retail me not for discount codes (autozone, pepboys, advancedauto, rockauto).
http://www.retailmenot.com/coupons/discountautoparts
and
http://www.showmetheparts.com/ for compatibility and interchange numbers.
What do others use?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You take Paypal?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
You got put on Prozac in the last year. Or Xanax. Or something has got into the Jersey water....
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Seriously, Dave, am I gonna go online for 6' of heater hose? Until Amazon has 1 hr. drone home delivery...
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I can work at AZ anytime I want. My best friend is the Parts Manager there.
I refuse to. It is not the money. Even Mother Therasa would have pulled out an Uzi after awhile.
If I was starving, I would in a heatbeat.
To kill time at shitty wages, I'd rather bus at Ruby Tuesdays.
polara66hardtop
Senior Member
$10 dollars an hour at O'reillys. Massed produced parts stores hire people that need to be directed by computer only. They have little or no experience working on cars. if you find a guy that does, it is a rare thing. I sent my wife one time to get a coil for a 69' 383 Coronet. The guy said they never did that, you have the wrong engine. A 440 Coronet means a 440 engine. DUH!
my grand Daughter said: my grandpa doesn't lie! (God bless her soul) I could hear the conversation by cell phone. I said FINE! give me a 440 Coronet coil ! Or a 318, or six, or whatever! Then he said, electronic or Points? My wife said bring all of them, she would choose one. She knew enough that any would work. The Guy thought my wife surely couldn't know the difference! She just chose one, and said that is the one. 28 bucks later and 15 minutes of stupidity. But you gotta love grand Daughters!
my grand Daughter said: my grandpa doesn't lie! (God bless her soul) I could hear the conversation by cell phone. I said FINE! give me a 440 Coronet coil ! Or a 318, or six, or whatever! Then he said, electronic or Points? My wife said bring all of them, she would choose one. She knew enough that any would work. The Guy thought my wife surely couldn't know the difference! She just chose one, and said that is the one. 28 bucks later and 15 minutes of stupidity. But you gotta love grand Daughters!
bulldogchesty
Senior Member
Of course not for simple stuff like that. I worked at Discount Auto parts for five years. I did it after my day job, no I didn't have a life. I worked there to get a discount on parts. I have also went into these" auto" stores for minor stuff and witnessed very clueless employees.
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
The point is, y'all have a lot of expectations on young guy, paid low wages to know about 45 year old cars. Most people think a Coronet 440 is called that because it has a 440 engine, I still hear folks looking at my 65 Coronet 500 and commenting "I didn't know they made CORVETTE 500's".
Best to buy on line for our old cars, More reference control there. The big box parts stores don't make money by stocking shock absorbers for 64 Valiants. And guess what...... They are in business to make money.
Best to buy on line for our old cars, More reference control there. The big box parts stores don't make money by stocking shock absorbers for 64 Valiants. And guess what...... They are in business to make money.
Car Quest hires people who fill out an application online only. A guy can't walk into the store and fill one out. Only on the interweb. Then some goofball at a corporate office decides who to send to the store for an interview. We were getting people who lived 20-30 miles away or further, but had no say in trying to talk to the guy who lived down the street. That makes a lot of sense.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Dear Lord, when I die, please take me home again.
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What are all those things hanging over the sidewalks?
Big blubber
Senior Member
Exmas decorations from the year before they never take them down they just turn the lights off lol
polara66hardtop
Senior Member
Interesting, the four digit phone number for Realtors, 1952 Buick, around 1954 or so I would say.Good ole days the fifties were for me as well.
Big blubber
Senior Member
You must be well into your 80s then lol
If I needed a job and that was the best I could find, I most certainly would. I'd also flip burgers, deliver pizzas... whatever it takes to put food on the table.
My Dad was a very talented Electrician. He started wiring switchboards for Western Electric in the late 1920's and then went to work for Carrier as an Electrician. When the depression hit, and he lost the good job and there weren't any other good jobs, he did whatever he had to... Drove a cab for a while... Ended up being a milkman and even owned his own route and truck. When other men weren't working, he never stopped.... He did that until WWII brought industry and with it, good jobs. He went back to work in a truck clutch factory, again as an electrician. He worked there until he retired.
I wasn't around then... but I still learned from it. I never say "I won't work there... or I won't do that".
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