Cascade Crew

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: people.

So I work at an auto parts store in customer service, I get my fair share of know-it-alls, people in a hurry, and the pretty ladies who need help installing light bulbs Very Happy

But yesterday I was helping a guy (who's been in the same high-school auto shop as me) pick out a battery for his car, and he was SHOCKED to see me touch both terminals on a battery without being electricuted.
Just thought I'd share, what made this worse was that this guy is a third-gen owner! Shocked

WS6FORMULA · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

wow

lol

where do you work

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject:

Knecht's on TV highway in Aloha.

WS6FORMULA · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject:

oh i work at baxter's =]

82nd and holgate SE portland

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

Nice.
So you know about the people that need.... say a water pump for a small block chevy. you ask what year? and you get "It don't matter!" so you pick a random one. Then you get "Thats not it! Do you know what your doing at all?"

WS6FORMULA · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

ha i knkow what you mean but yeah im a pretty good worker according to all my co employees and we get some really badass stuff that comes buy cuz we are like the only atore that deals with high performance stuff compared to other stores ( shucks autozone napa knetchs's lol not to be rude or anything) but yeah i know all of stuff mainly all chevy and pontiac some mopar stuff but like nothing on fords hahah f**k em

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject:

Pretty much.. I know my GM's, I don't like Fords but
I sure have worked on plenty of them... At Knecht's we order goodies from Perf. Warehouse just like you, but it just so happens you get better deals...

WS6FORMULA · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject:

yeah idk but we stock so much stuff like headers all kinds of edelbrock stuff and holley and demon.... idk why you guys dont

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject:

We basically sell stuff on the cheap. Ive found that just getting the job done (tune-ups, brake jobs, fluid changes) were consistantly lower.
So hense I get alot of Cheap-@$$'s at my work lol we carry some stuff like edelbrock carbs etc. but we rarely sell them...

WS6FORMULA · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject:

ooooh gotcha...

fiveoformula · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject:

Got any openings? lol I know my parts Cool

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:13 am Post subject:

I use to work in a tire shop, and we would have old people come in and ask for a "50 series tire". "Ok, what rim and what width?" "I just told you, a 50 series". "Yes sir, but that is the sidewall, not width".

Some would get pissed and leave. Some I would have to pull out the tire sizing chart and explain to them how tires are sized.

Then of course, the ladys that dont even know what year or motor the car has. Had one lady didnt even know what kinda car she drove. Shocked

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:51 am Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:29 am Post subject:

isaw this comedian one time tralking about his parts store job

blue89 · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:49 am Post subject:

91RSVert · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

DBL_TKE · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

blue89 · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

I just buy all my parts from www.kalecoauto.com and I haven't had any problems. Very Happy

iansane · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

I absolutely HATED working the retail side of Schmuck's. I swear to holy hell that Tacompton has the stupidest of stupid working on their cars.

It was awful. One guy brought in a metal box that had a Toyota part number on it from some 80's Corolla. He said it was bad and prevented the car from running. I humored the guy when I couldn't find any ecm for it. I called Toyota and asked if they could cross the number. Sure enough they could. I had fun telling that cocky SOB that if his stereo amplifier prevented his car from running, he had other issues at hand.

I can't count the number of times I tried prying info from people that thought they were replacing the correct part.

fiveoformula · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject:

Oh! another great story that skyler reminded me of..
A hispanic guy comes in and goes toward the last (oil) isle.
I ask if he needs any help, he looks at me and smiles, says "yes" under his breath and keeps walking... (at this point, I can tell he doesn't speak much english.)
but anyway I just lean on the counter a bit, when he comes up to check out, he's got some 10W-30 castrol and says "I need de Bujias." (spainish for spark plugs.) I say ok and jump on the parts computer.
He says "Ford, peek-up, 1987." I got to a point where I had to ask 1/2, 3/4, 1 ton... He told me it was a 1 ton, and then for some reason I felt the need to ask if it was a deisel...
he says "Yes, deisel." Nodding.
I then asked if he needed glow-plugs, but no he started pointing to the Accel plugs we have on display Shocked

So I kept trying to explain "No deisel bujias..." I even showed him a glow-plug. Then I think he tried to ask you gap it! Laughing

So he didn't get any plugs, and I couldn't talk him outta buying that castrol oil either...
He ended up coming back later with a buddy and returning the oil in favor of some Delo..