Positive ground battery

BANDITFARMER · Apr 29, 2014

I had a good laugh today while at the local TSC. I was at the parts counter (if you can call it that) when a middle age lady (mid 30?) walk up and asked ware do you keep you positive ground batteries? Do What? Said the guy behind the counter. She said Ware do you keep your positive ground batteries? Mam we don't have a battery like that. She said "I know you don't" that's why I am asking ware you keep them! I already looked. They all have the Red tab thing on the positive and I need one with the Black tab thing on the positive, That's what my husband sent me to get and bring home for him to put back in the tractor. Now ware to you keep them! At this point me and the other guy (John) behind the counter had to walk away as we were about to bust a gut and trying not to LOL!!! John told me he likes to let the young guys handle the hard ones like this, It builds character! Oh by the way she was a blond! Just when you think you have herd it all, Hears your sign! Bandit

da.bees · Apr 29, 2014

It sounds like you or the clown behind the counter should have explaind the reality so she could buy a battry and get the tractor going again. Ignorance is not a character flaw but mocking is.

ShadetreeRet · Apr 29, 2014

Comical as it may be, we have to remember that those of us who know and understand these things are still in the minority. The vast majority of people out there have no clue as to the workings of a machine. When I worked at an auto dealership the asst. mgr. swore that a woman came in one day and wanted to buy some "volts" because her mechanic told her that her battery was low on volts.

Traditional Farmer · Apr 30, 2014

And I bet she knew the difference between
ware and where and hear and here.

Dick2 · Apr 30, 2014

She should have gone to Homely Despot. I saw yesterday that they had Exide and Titan automotive batteries in the tool department. Didn't see any equipment there to test a battery, but they can sell you a battery. Doubt if the help knows much about the batteries that they are supposed to sell.

Bob Bancroft · Apr 30, 2014

Sounds like her husband didn't do her any favors. These trips are almost always bad news. We have a small village 5 miles away with a bank, grocery store, auto parts store, etc. etc. Very handy. Wife asks me to grab a bottle of Tide while there. I go in the grocery store, and found a whole row of Tide! Regular Tide, New and improved Tide, Clorox Tide, Wintergreen Tide, Spring fresh Tide, etc. etc. etc. I probably just invented some new ones, but you get the idea.

Mike M · Apr 30, 2014

You make it sound simple enough and it should be,but have you actually worked in a parts department ? It gets worse every year ! "The customer is always right" and they will argue that they are no matter how wrong they are it is VERY difficult to explain things like this and make them understand.

massey333 · Apr 30, 2014

If you want to think about it,the woman was right in her thinking.We are taught red is hot + and black is cold - so by her thinking the Pos should have a BLACK cap.Better to have helped then mocking.

Blackhole49 · Apr 30, 2014

How about heard and herd?

FBH44 · Apr 30, 2014

Wife kept asking which Crest toothpasste to get for me, I finally looked at them at Walmart. I swear there"s 8 rows high and 7" across, must be 45 different variations. told her to get two different ones, at random, every time... I"m always surprised, works great.

David G · Apr 30, 2014

I would get whooped if I sent my wife shopping with instructions like that.

mkirsch · Apr 30, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:34:51 04/29/14) It sounds like you or the clown behind the counter should have explaind the reality so she could buy a battry and get the tractor going again. Ignorance is not a character flaw but mocking is.

It sounds like this woman would have rejected the reality even if it were explained to her. If there is any accuracy to the storytelling she sounded very demanding and stubborn.

Her husband sent her after a positive ground battery, so one MUST exist! You are lying when you say there is no such thing. You are trying to screw her over by selling her what you have instead of what she needs.

BANDITFARMER · Apr 30, 2014

I give you guys this one, My spelling is bad and I know this. It was never been good but it got worse after the brain tumor was removed, Things change after that and in my mind it looks right. Sorry for the poor choice of words and spelling but I am just happy to be alive. Bandit

jeffcat · Apr 30, 2014

HEEEEYYYYYY. you forgot HIGH Tide,LOW Tide , SLACK Tide, And Lunar tide.

mkirsch · Apr 30, 2014

(quoted from post at 07:28:29 04/30/14) I give you guys this one, My spelling is bad and I know this. It was never been good but it got worse after the brain tumor was removed, Things change after that and in my mind it looks right. Sorry for the poor choice of words and spelling but I am just happy to be alive. Bandit

As long as you're not one of those guys who goes into a blind rage whenever someone speaks Spanish to someone else on the street, it's all good.

"Who cares as long as the message gets across?" Right?

IH2444 · Apr 30, 2014

(quoted from post at 00:34:51 04/30/14) It sounds like you or the clown behind the counter should have explaind the reality so she could buy a battry and get the tractor going again. Ignorance is not a character flaw but mocking is.

Arrogance based on ignorance is a character flaw.

Gambles · Apr 30, 2014

If my wife sent me to a sewing machine store to buy a sewing machine, or had me go buy some material right off of a bolt in a clothing store, I'm sure the ladies in there would get a good laugh out of me also.

Al L. in Wisc. · Apr 30, 2014

Banditfarmer; I found the humor in it when I read it this a.m. and still do.

Greenfrog · Apr 30, 2014

...one can ask for a metric crescent wrench, a board stretcher, a green velvet jackhammer, and we all know about left handed monkey wrenches.

Anonymous-0 · May 3, 2014

(quoted from post at 02:31:10 04/30/14) And I bet she knew the difference between
ware and where and hear and here.

Yeah, I wonder what she would say if she read the original post making fun of her.

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