Posted by Goose on April 14, 2014 at 06:35:30 from (70.198.0.200):
In Reply to: They did it again! posted by Greg1959 on April 13, 2014 at 18:23:56:
I needed to replace a ball bearing once that had seized and spun. About half the number on it was obliterated.
I went to a large bearing place on my lunch hour, figuring they could match it anyway. Some stumpy little dork with a cigar in his face took one look at it and said, "It would be a @^%$%^&*%^$% waste of time to even try finding one", and handed it back to me.
I went to another bearing place and handed to bearing to a fellow behind the counter He took a calipers out of his shirt pocket, took a couple of measurements, reached up on a shelf, and handed me one.
When I got back to my office, I had an "interesting" telephone conversation with the manager of the first bearing place.
A few days later, I had to go to the first place on company business. The "stumpy little dork with a cigar in his face" was nowhere to be seen.
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