Auto parts store funny

Went to a local auto parts place ...walked in redhead 20ish girl "sitting" on counter,talking to her barefoot friend ...and I say how much for a 1 wire alternator,she wiggles her head back and forth so much her lips flap,then looks at me like I've grown a 3rd eye and say "what's that ".... And as you all know the next question "what's it for". Now I should have just left but somebody has "GOT TO LEARN THIS STUFF" ,so I dink around the store for 40 minutes,meanwhile she's running outside to ask questions from an older employee,and I'm also stuck talking to her barefoot friend (beautiful conversation) alas she finds one for $115.00 ,and I say thank you ,just checking price.....have a nice evening
 
now Royse you know the next question was "what's It for"....blank stare ......me it doesn't matter.... I my results 25 minutes later .... I don't live in rocket science, but if you don't remember the past,...you will relive it
 
I bought a 10-SI yesterday. Learned from Old
here and told the parts man it was for a 75
Chevy C10 without air.
He looked it up and and asked which engine.
"Ummm. Not sure. It's for a Ford tractor.
Let me have one about 35-40 amps with a 1/2"
pully."
He l?oked again then went to the back and
got one.
Had to pay an extra $11 cause I didn't have
a core. Bought an oil filter too. Total was
$65.83 with tax.
No pretty girls to talk to tho.
 
If I worked the counter at one of the major auto parts stores I would probably, no would be fired the first day,

I have seen the look on the store clerks face when some customer comes in asking for a windshield thingie,
Clerk: Do you mean wiper blades, yes I guess so, they are not working very well,

Clerk, What model and make of car do you have
Well it?s a Ford and it?s white,
Clerk: guess we better go out and take a look,

Customer, will you install them for me, which most auto parts stores will do,
So I guess to work at one of these auto parts stores you have to have: good temperament, good mechanical skills, and the uncanny ability to
pull out of people what they really want, when many have no idea what they want,

Then you have a dude that wants a fuel pump for a 33 Ford with a 1964 dodge 383 engine, etc; and get POed, if the first one I bring out or
order for him will not fit his homemade junk pile of parts,
Probably would lose my pleasant demeanor about that time and tell him where to put his junk,
Then I would be fired,
End of story,
 
I had a new hand at my local NAPA looking for a radiator cap for a 72 VW Beetle one day. One of the older and wiser hands knew what I
was up to and "helped" the new hand look through all the books and computer info. It was a Saturday and things were slow. He got the
new hand to call the manager at home for some suggestions. We even duped the manager.
 
Counter person and customers work both ways. Some are really
good. Some don't know a thing.

I went to NAPA to get a carb kit for a 640. The parts guy said I
had to have a VIN number. I responded by saying tractors don't
have a VIN number. I was told "sorry can't help you. Thank you
for stopping in."

I sold Snapper mowers for years. Customers come in wanting a new
blade. Only one in ten knew what size mower they had. If I sold
them the mower I had a warranty card with the needed info. If
they didn't buy the mower from me it was a crap shoot if they
had a 25,28,30,33,or a 36 inch machine. I would send them home
with a 28" blade the most common.
 
"In the USMC, radio repair, We would send the new guy to "parts" for a "filupium tube."

In the Navy, when we approached a bridge that always looked as
if it would hit the mast of the ship, we would send the new guy to
the ship's captain to get his "crank" so we could lower the mast.
Of course there were many more. A few feet of chow line, a BT
punch, etc. Good times...when you're not the new guy!! LOL
 
$115 ? So that's the store where old gets those 1 wire alternators that cost double what the 3 wire ones cost. Here, I pay $45 for either one, same price ;-)
 
The local rebuilder used to sell the one wire kit(minus the alt.) for $10.00,I have not bought one in 20 years.
 
"$115 ? So that's the store where old gets those 1 wire alternators that cost double what the 3 wire ones cost. Here, I pay $45 for either one, same price."

So $45 x 2 is $115? That's interesting math. I think $115 is high too. $45 would be a good price. Roughly that here with a core.
 
By the way,
The guy in front of me asked for a distributor cap for an 89 F-150. Parts man asked him which engine.
The customer misspoke and said it's a 600 inline 3.
So I said "Wow, that's a peculiar engine.
My inline 3 is only a 201."
So he corrected himself and said "I meant a 300 inline 6."
We all got a chuckle out of it.
 
Speaking of red heads. The local hardware store during the summer months would hire high school girls to run the store.
One day I bought a few items and paid cash. As the red head high schooler was handing me back my change she dropped it. A few quarters rolled under the counter. She looked at me then suddenly closed the cash drawer and said please come again.
 
"Especially if you are already married!"

Times two if you're married to someone who used to be one! ;)
 

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