Idiot at the metal store

Perhaps the answer should have been "I am not interested in 'easy', I'm interested in 'correct'!"

 

He only suggested the thinner metal because it does bend easier (with bare hands). Might be his only source of tools, obviously the main tool on his shoulders isnt working. What a tool...

 

sounds like you didn't know either...

 

So you go in to a place & get ****ty service?? I worry more when i get the right ****! WTF did i give em right the info??????

 

Nor Dr. Oz.

 

Yea, he took one look at ya and knew you were working on a Toyota. Right.

 

I would bet that most if not all(even the sharp guys) can rattle off the top of their head any and all plug gap specs without looking them up. IF he can he has way to much ****ing time on his hands or he is Rainman.

 

Am I the only one here who sees the irony of this guys *****in?

The metal guy is uneducated in what he sells. Immediately go find his manager and explain to him you want what you want and it's not up for discussion. Why would you want to use paper thin 28 gage sheetmetal to repair a panel that is probably 18-20 gage anyway?

 

I've never ever had someone in a supply store ask me what I was using something for and I've purchased literally TONS of raw materials. Guess it was a slow day for that guy.

Bob

 

This is way too much thread about something that doesn't ****ing matter. People come into my bike shop often and ask for odd ****.If they don't even know how to ask properly,I'll always ask what they're using it for.
Funny thing,I don't remember anybody ever getting their ******* in a wad when I ask. So I hear about boat ****,home made windshield wiper ****,dogfighting training treadmills,gun ****,and every other damn thing. Then we help them figure out the best way we can help them. Act like an ***hole when I ask an innocent question,and you won't get **** from my place.

 

Wow, my first car was a '38 Standard Coupe. Wish I still had it!! Good luck with the build.

 

I am not trying to *****. I just wonder when people became such dumb ***es. I got what I wanted so the only problem was the idiot I was talking to. This place is not use to people fixing cars. They are use to dairy equipment and farm and ranch stuff. But they allways have a good supply of metal.

 

Because if you use 28 gauge, you can use any extra sheet-metal t*******s to keep leftovers fresh in the fridge. I keep a roll of 28 gauge in the pantry...

 

Well see there you go.

 

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This is not a metal story but it is an idiot story . We have an Auto Zone here in town that recently put some ads in front of the store the kind that stick in the ground made out corrugated plastic that read we now have Ag and Heavy Duty parts ! So having seenthe signs i call the store needing 4 spark plugs for a clark forklift with a Continental engine .So the girl answer the phone and in order to get her focused on her job and not last night ***ual exploits i said i see you now have Ag parts see said what? so i told her about the signs it front of the store and said i need 4 spark plugs witch see promptly replied what year Ag do you have? The dumb Bit-- how do respond to to some one that stupid.. So said no its Clark forklift with Continental engine and by the way i was also giving the engine model number as well so said see could not help me an hands me off to some new dumb *** . So we start all over with me tell what i had and what i needed and he says what year Lincoln did i have ? Another dumb *** so i had to explained what a forklift was and who made the engine Then says he could not look that up . So i asked did he have a tech line that he could call to help him he said if he could not look it up they could not ether why even have a tech line but what do i know?

 

I think threads like this are as important as tech threads. Those who don't like them are the same kind of people who keep me from joining clubs. A fellow HAMBer's thoughts on the people who work and run the places all of us deal with are just as interesting as questions about what battery is appropriate for a traditional hot rod, or if it should be six or twelve volts, or if using stainless fasteners disqualifies a car from being au correct. Information from posters, such as the manager of the faux Irish parts store bringing up liability if something from their store is not used as intended might be a trend. Perhaps, we should take notice of this and quit being so voluble about what we're doing when dealing with the general public. Not everyone thinks old cars are cool. Some people cl***ify them right up there with guns. Being forewarned, as the old saying goes, is being forearmed. Perhaps instead of being smarmy or ****y about building old cars, we should think more about managing informartion about our activities. Loose lips sink ships, and all that. Not all of John Q. Public thinks cars should be loud, use more gas, and go fast. Some of them think what we do should be illegal. Some of them are working on laws to make it harder to alter motor vehicles. ******* them off is not what I would call 'good public relations.' I don't have a ready answer for the questions, or the at***udes car builders deal with, but I do have a philosophy. Let your work speak for you.

 

Page two So i say how about your spark plug suppliers he says check and call you wright back 5 min later he calls and said i have two numbers for you . My response was i don't need the GD numbers that he was the parts guy find me the GD plug!! at this point i don't have any thing to lose 5 mins later he calls he had the plugs . So when i go to pick them up they said that i had bin unreasonable in wanting them to call the spark plug manufactures The they was him and the girl that had asked what year Ag did i have? And guess what see is the store manager Thanks for reading this i feel better now Donny
P/S i herd something today that fits we were talking about a guy he worked with i asked him if he though the guy was going to improve any this was his response YOU CAN'T POLISH A TURD !! { LOL }

 

28 gauge, perhaps he thought you were going to make a skirt...