I was going crazy at the defense table but my lawyer was giving me the reassuring “shhh, we got this” arm pat.
Too funny!
Thanks, I’ll have to remember that for my getting banned for life from the Jiffy Lube story.
Well the circumstances weren’t as dramatic as the disorderly conduct and there were no particularly fun details, but the story descriptor is always fun to report! It was the last day of school for my 4 kids before Christmas break, with all that entails in the way of class parties, pageant costumes, teacher gifts, Secret Santas and such, our dog had been hit by a car and I needed to pick her up at the orthopedic animal hospital, and I also needed to get the oil changed in my vehicle before we left on a ski trip the next day. So I pretty much was not in the mood for any crap and ended up telling the Jiffy Lube dude that I was not his sweetheart, that I was perfectly capable of understanding the checklist on the receipt and did not need to have it read aloud and explained to me item by item (especially in the little sing-songy voice he kept waiting for me to acknowledge, although apparently not in the way that I did), and that I just wanted him to run my card so I could go. He got mad, called me a bad word, and told me not to ever come back. Ever!!
Very true. Surprised a Toyita salesman years ago by doing that - asked to test a 5 speed Camry and he said they didn't have one. I thanked him and left. He was surprised that a female asked for a manual transmission and even more surprised when I left.
Got the price I wanted on an Altima once because another customer was there to buy a Maxima. He finished ny deal to work in a deal for a bigger commission.
Knew a girl who once purchased a new Mazda Rx7 because she fell in love with its looks. Unfortunately, it was a stick shift, which she didn’t know how to drive. The salesman gave her a brief demo and sent her on her way. She did okay until she got stopped in traffic going up a hill. She then had to call a friend to come drive her new car the rest of the way home. Eventually, she got the hang of it.
Knew another girl who bought a 280Z, and ordered personalized tags with her 3 initials and a dash ‘Z’. She thought it was the coolest car ever, because all the guys on the road honked and waved at her. I thought she did it intentionally, but had to explain to her why she got all the attention. Her tag was “SLE-Z”.
Maybe we should move this convo to the punchable offense thread, but I have had some run-ins with sales guys who automatically assume that breasts equate ignorance.
One was at an auto place where I had bought my tires, so I took it there for the free rotation and balance. This A****LE took it upon himself to lecture me about waiting too long to have them rotated. I was not happy, and I was not that "late" in getting them rotated. When I was driving my car the next few days, I realized that it felt funny, like the tires were not gripping the road. So I took it back the next weekend. The same guy proceeded to tell me it was b/c I had waited too long and that was the result, that the wear on the tires was making it drive funny. Actually yelled at me some more. But he agreed to take a look. A little while later, a DIFFERENT guy comes out to tell me that I was correct. That the tires on my car had directional tread (which I knew, and suspected it was the problem) and that the guy had not rotated them properly and they were essentially on backwards. I demanded to speak with the manager and I told them everything that had happened. I (loudly) told him that he needed to train his men that they cannot assume that women do not know anything about cars. He made the sexist jerk come out and apologize to me. I did not accept the apology, I think I just yelled at him for being an a****le. It felt good.
Another time, I went to a local stereo/electronic store to purchase a CD player. The snotty sales guy asked me, "You do realize that you have to have a receiver. You can't just plug a CD player into speakers and expect it to work!" I cannot remember the exact words I used with him, but I do know that I went OFF! I think I left right then and came back later to buy it so he would not get the commission.
I fear the day when I stop using masks. I have gotten used to mouthing all kinds of things at people, and I'm worried I'll forget I'm not wearing one.
This is the approach I've used for every car purchase since the first one I bought in 1976. I haven't financed a car purchase since then. But I do not let the salesperson know it will be a cash purchase up front. If they have that knowledge, then they know there's no money to be made on any kind of financing arrangement. I have read several times that there will be much less willingness to deal on options once they're aware they can't make money on the financing.