by "Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
Published 04/08/2017 at 17:18
by "Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
Published 04/08/2017 at 17:18
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It all started to happen after lunch. We all had them, parts, service and body shop. Must have been over 10 wild insane wackos. I could have sworn they brought a bus load of them from Walmart.
First was a lady with about half her teeth. Last week she called about a key for her newer Camaro and was told we needed title or registration and her drivers license to make a key from the VIN. She shows up and is mad from the start. She says she needs a key and all she has is her license. She says something about somebody having a picture of her with the car to prove its hers. Wow just wow, I knew she was really bonkers at that point. Went through the policy (again) for making keys from VIN and she left after 10 minutes of profanity. I was called an obscenity or maybe about 3 as she retreated, hard to hear as she mumbled much of it. Returns in 5 minutes with a girl friend who I had to go through the same crap with. They finally left. Last worlds were “this is BS”after some more mumbling.
The whole time that was happening I hear other shit going down with body shop writer. He had some guy come in and slap some paper in front of him , then said “I’m here to get my car repaired”. The paper was a police report. He was asked if he had an insurance claim, which he was puzzled about. After some discussion it was concluded he was insured but thought the police or dealership would have done all the phone calls for his insurance before he arrived. Took about 10 minutes to convince him we didn’t know what insurance he had and he needed to find his policy at home and call an agent. Wow, this guy was really out there. He had no clue. I was in shock as he stood there and asked our guy to call his insurance company. He had no proof of insurance on him and didn’t know what company he was with. At least he left calmly.
Within minutes an old guy with spouse brought his car in without an appointment for oil change , check fluids and tire rotation. They just were heading out to Florida from Ohio. The service guys rushed his car to a tech since it was after 3 on a Friday. About 45 minutes later when directed to the cashier the guy went ballistic. He and his wife wanted to talk to a manager. He said that we were ripping him off and hadn’t performed the services. After talking to two managers he was shown the fluids, tire pressures, fresh oil on stick, new filter and confirmed tires rotated. He still complained that he HAD TO PAY for the service. They reluctantly gave him a 10% discount and got payment. This wild person was just trying to get something for free, have seen it before.
During that mess we had a few other minor nuts come into parts and to body shop office. Then the last major nut case shows up. Its the grandpa of an employee. He goes up to service and parts counters ranting we had screwed up his SUV. He said a dash switch was broken and there was paint damage when it was serviced. Took about 3 minutes to discover the vehicle had been in bodyshop not service for some repairs. A switch on the dash had broken (somehow?) and a very miniature paint defect that HE failed to have us write on the repair order hadn’t been fixed by his own grandson. So he sat in the hatch of the SUV in our aisle until his grandkid could calm him down. I was waiting for him to possibly keel over because the man must be in his 80s and is on oxygen.
I got the hell out of there as soon as I could and left the late crew there to deal with all the other loonies that might show. My only reprieve from all this craziness was just as I was leaving a nice handicapped couple I’d helped two days before came in for parts and were very thankful. Then a couple of Asian Thai immigrants who stumble through broken english translations to get me to assist them in getting transmission lines for a church van. These four people were so appreciative it made my day. Was good to end the day on a positive note. My wife knew something was up when I got home and grabbed the entire bottle of wine from the fridge.
A Camaro picture for your pleasure. Imagine a woman driving it who has half her teeth and looks like she is a drug addict.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
04/08/2017 at 17:30, STARS: 0
Working at a dealership certainly sounds interesting. I should try it at some point in my life.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
04/08/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 1
Its actually rewarding for I’d say about 25 days of the month. Then those days near a full moon have become somewhat dangerous. Its worsened over the past decade. I’m fairly certain some of these people are heroin or crack users. Its not a race, creed or culture thing anymore as the drugs have spread beyond those boundaries. The old guys wouldn’t be on that stuff, they were just regular normal crazy people if that can be a category.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/09/2017 at 04:17, STARS: 1
thankfully we don’t have that many weirdos.
"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
04/09/2017 at 06:33, STARS: 1
"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart)
04/09/2017 at 08:10, STARS: 1
recently started with a Nissan dealer, its great. worst part, some customers lash out over the smallest things and raise all hell.
"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart)
04/09/2017 at 08:10, STARS: 0
recently started with a Nissan dealer, its great. worst part, some customers lash out over the smallest things and raise all hell.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
04/09/2017 at 08:29, STARS: 1
I work in Tech Support and I agree, the full moon brings out the nuts, we call the TFH (Tin Foil Hat) calls.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
04/09/2017 at 09:00, STARS: 0
According to a Newsweek article a few years ago its 1 of 5 Americans now with mental illness. That was verified for me on Friday.
"Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart)
04/09/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 0
Eeek, that’s a high number. worst customer I got so far was an older man in a Grand Cherokee who thought we could buff out his headlights for free,and rambled on why he was bumping into everything at night. all because the quick lube just down the road was too expensive.
" The Compromiser" (charger)
04/09/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 1
I’m glad they updated the Camaro. The crazed half toothed Crack whores all used to drive Mustangs around here. Its nice they can finally have a choice!