Last nights bang-head moment

[SuperB]

It was snowing last night and they put up a chain control. It's pretty slow and we're getting ready to leave. A car pulls in that wants tire chains and pays for the installation. My husband installs, recites the usual warnings and we start to leave when they pull back up.

She comes in with the empty bag he gave her to put the chains back in and says "I think you gave me the wrong bag".

Husband: "Well let's see" (thinking he grabbed a bag that had a different size listed on it) Nope, thats the right one.
Woman: "But there are no chains in it"
Husband: (cue confused frown) "No, you paid to have them installed".
Woman: "Yes, but the bag is empty"
Husband: "That's because they're on the car"
Woman: "Something isn't right"

My husband had to get Sesame Street with the woman who could not figure out that she can't have the chains installed on her tires *and* in the bag at the same time.

She finally left, still saying that "it just didn't seem right".

[Kara]

What's that smell? Oh never mind, it's just my brain.

[JustaCashier]

Woman: "Something isn't right"

What isn't "right", Lady, is that you don't have a FARKING BRAIN!!!

Mike

[ahanix1989]

Good thing they had them installed. Given her confusion, she probably would've tossed the chains in the trunk, then complained when she didn't get better traction.


Side note, winter is fun. Slow down, make a right turn. Right brakes are shot, so the vehicle starts lurching to the left (only left wheel braking). Continue heading relatively straight, skidding. End up stopped a foot away from a minivan that was trying to pull out.

[RentalRacer]

And she was driving? I love driving in the snow (and we are due for 15 inches tomorrow! Yay!) but its these idiots that you gotta watch out for.

And 10-1 says she won't remember to take them off once the storm is over, and will come back once the roads are all clear saying her car is "riding funny".

[Becks]

That hurt to read. I can only imagine what it's like being there for that conversation.

[derangedperson]

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Now that just caused my brain to BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) on me. Anyone know where the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys are on a '71 Human?

Mongo

[SuperB]

Sadly enough, I think she was the driver. And yeah, she'll be the type to think she can go 55 on a slick snow covered mountain road if she has chains on.
Or keep driving if the excess slipped out of it's clamp and rythmically pounds the side of her car.

Which reminds me. We had a woman come back and claim damage to her car for that very reason. The excess of cable chains, even on a perfect fit, are clamped to the side, if it slips out it could reach the fender and when it does it's a very noticable sound. This woman kept driving, never bothering to check when it started making that sound.
Once the chains are on the vehicle (and we have decades of experience between us all here) they become the drivers responsibility. I have no control over how they drive with chains on their vehicle so I will not be responsible if they do something stupid.
Before she turned it in to her insurance she actually admitted to my husband that she was "probably only going about 50mph". He informed her that that was her problem (and that you aren't supposed to do that!). That and she didn't bother to check the sound and re-clamp the excess.
So when she turned it in to her insurance, her story changed to "I was only doing 5mph".
That right there sealed it, we informed the insurance company that she was lying to them because of what she told us. The kicker is at 5mph, the excess wouldn't reach the fender like it will at 50. Insurance agreed and left us out of it.

[ShortTemperHatesStupidity]

Oh my.

Wait wait wait...

:checks:

Yes I do believe I just lost some brain cells reading that...

*sigh*

It's just not right...

[digilight]

Anyone know where the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys are on a '71 Human?

Mongo, I believe this would be the correct combination for CTRL-ALT-DEL on that make and model

[Imogene]

Mongo, I believe this would be the correct combination for CTRL-ALT-DEL on that make and model

Actually, I believe the correct application is to smack the forehead against whatever hard surface is handy. Now, this may not take on the first attempt, so, apply judiciously.

[tollbaby]

Good thing they had them installed...

omg. dude. I've been QUOTED. I have arrived.

[HawaiianShirts]

Just like at my store!

It's "just not right" that we can't give the customer a $160 computer program because the guy who sold them their computer back in December didn't tell them that the free Windows Vista upgrade was a mail-in offer for an upgrade disc, not an in-store upgrade service.

It's "just not right" that we won't put a Nintendo Wii on hold for "one short week" until the customer gets her tax refund and can buy it for her kid's birthday, even if she promises to buy another $200 worth of accessories and games for it.

It's "just not right" that the price of the PS2 is less than a quarter of the price of the PS3 when "they're not really that different."

And it's definintely "just not right" that we could have four of a super-sale laptop when the customer called on Thursday morning and "suddenly" be sold out when he comes to get one Saturday evening. (I seriously had to explain to this guy the concept of other people coming in before him, wanting that computer, and purchasing it, and he still left the store claiming that something wasn't right.)

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Now that just caused my brain to BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) on me. Anyone know where the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys are on a '71 Human?

Mongo

Hell, I'm still trying to Google instructions for a '69 model myself. Let me know if you're able to find a manual.