I am carrying this over from a local thread in Alabama. Keep in mind that i have worked parttime and full time for Advance Auto parts for 6 years as a manager in some capacity. Here are some of my stories. I know that you guys have some as well, especially dealing with the MSP. Here we go.
My favorite story was when I fxcked up the Autozone boys when they would call the store seeing if we have something. One conversation went like this:
-phone rings
me- thanks for calling AAP, how can I help you
AZ- hey its XXXXX from autozone, I need to see if you have a part
me- ok what is it and what is it for
AZ- water pump for 95 blazer v6
me- ok hold on let me check
*I have talked to this employee many times and I know he is a brick. In the background I can here him talking to the customer.......here is where the fun begins*
me- hmmmm, lets see, I have a few here, do you want a price or just seeing if I have one.......looks like there are different options here
AZ- what options
me- so a v6........ok .......does it have low beam headlights
AZ- * he then asks the customer if it has low beams, there is a pause and the customers says "uhhh, yeah I think so"
me- * at this point I am crying*........ok then, yeah I have it.....just send him on down and I will have it waiting
AZ- thanks man I appreciate it
Not saying that AAP doesn't have some dumb ass rocks because I know that we do as well. But damn that was funny.
I have some good stories from the other side of the counter, in fact I have a ton especially when I worked in Dahlonega GA (the site of the First American gold rush, nascar, and white lightning). I had one guy argue with me for 1 hour about how the radiator he bought was defective. Later I find out that his 85 chevy longbed has a 350 with .120 overbore and he wonders why it cant go up hill without over heating. Another guy told me he bought an 87 jeep cherokee and it needs motor mounts, but he swears that it is fast as hell, so fast in fact that it "spun the odometer all the way around"...........I can't make this stuff up.
On another occasion a local truck guy comes in after looking at my sr20 240sx with a fmic/gt28r/suspension/exhaust in the parking lot. He walks in and goes " hey brandon.......how much turba you got on that RX ? ". Really......how much turbo......I was so dumbfounded that I didn't even know how to answer the question. I was already in a fowl mood and I was not about to explain how a turbocharger works to a guy who has never seen one and thinks that its a shot of NOS.
I could go on for days
My favorite story was when I fxcked up the Autozone boys when they would call the store seeing if we have something. One conversation went like this:
-phone rings
me- thanks for calling AAP, how can I help you
AZ- hey its XXXXX from autozone, I need to see if you have a part
me- ok what is it and what is it for
AZ- water pump for 95 blazer v6
me- ok hold on let me check
*I have talked to this employee many times and I know he is a brick. In the background I can here him talking to the customer.......here is where the fun begins*
me- hmmmm, lets see, I have a few here, do you want a price or just seeing if I have one.......looks like there are different options here
AZ- what options
me- so a v6........ok .......does it have low beam headlights
AZ- * he then asks the customer if it has low beams, there is a pause and the customers says "uhhh, yeah I think so"
me- * at this point I am crying*........ok then, yeah I have it.....just send him on down and I will have it waiting
AZ- thanks man I appreciate it
Not saying that AAP doesn't have some dumb ass rocks because I know that we do as well. But damn that was funny.
I have some good stories from the other side of the counter, in fact I have a ton especially when I worked in Dahlonega GA (the site of the First American gold rush, nascar, and white lightning). I had one guy argue with me for 1 hour about how the radiator he bought was defective. Later I find out that his 85 chevy longbed has a 350 with .120 overbore and he wonders why it cant go up hill without over heating. Another guy told me he bought an 87 jeep cherokee and it needs motor mounts, but he swears that it is fast as hell, so fast in fact that it "spun the odometer all the way around"...........I can't make this stuff up.
On another occasion a local truck guy comes in after looking at my sr20 240sx with a fmic/gt28r/suspension/exhaust in the parking lot. He walks in and goes " hey brandon.......how much turba you got on that RX ? ". Really......how much turbo......I was so dumbfounded that I didn't even know how to answer the question. I was already in a fowl mood and I was not about to explain how a turbocharger works to a guy who has never seen one and thinks that its a shot of NOS.
I could go on for days
