SC unhappy about getting what he asked for.

[tartxcherries]

My sister worked in a large auto part chain for about 3 years, so I heard lots of stories from her similar to the OP's. The thing that really irritated her though was when she would answer the phone, and the person on the other side would demand that she give the phone to a male, assuming that because she was a female she couldn't possibly help them correctly. Of course, about 90% of the time the guys she gave the phone to had to give it back and let her answer since they didn't know.

[Spiffy McMoron]

Pity I missed this thread until now...

You know, a few years back, I remember Paul Harvey's radio show where he talked about people who had no idea what fluids went into what areas of the car. He advertised for some company on this, saying all you have to know is what color the fluid is. If you look in a certain compartment and see yellow fluid, then you buy yellow fluid. Or if it's green, you buy green. Or, if it's orange, etc.

Unfortunately, you're screwed if that fluid is black. (Is it old motor oil? Old tranny fluid? Old transfer case fluid? Old differential oil? It's like a horrible guessing game. >.<)

See, this is what we would have if Microsoft built cars, and we get the "blue screen of death".

Why would anybody buy a car that crashes five times a day?

[cinema guy]

He advertised for some company on this, saying all you have to know is what color the fluid is. If you look in a certain compartment and see yellow fluid, then you buy yellow fluid. Or if it's green, you buy green. Or, if it's orange, etc.

And they don't sell it in transparent bottles. (Except for blue screen wash).