First Impressions of the New Job...

"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
11/09/2015 at 21:16 • Filed to: work, update, corvettes

In case you missed it, I got a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I was there for about 3 hours to see how things went. Six people cashed out during this time. I kid you not, FIVE of them were Corvettes! It’s a Southern Florida retirement town thing, I guess. One was an 02 with less than 5,000 miles on it. No one drives them here. I also met a guy with a Callaway tuned C7 Corvette. The sound it made was absolutely Godly. The job itself is just a lot of memorization.

DISCUSSION (11)

AM3R shamefully returns > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/09/2015 at 21:21

Congrats! My cousin just starting working at a Chevy dealer a few months ago.. He loves it.

How'd you go about getting the job? I have a brother around your age who would love to work at a dealer.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > AM3R shamefully returns
11/09/2015 at 21:24

I’m only 17 and all of the dealers I talked too told me to wait until I was 18. But one night on Craigslist I found the job just posted and figured I would apply, because why not.

I think a big factor was that the hours were pretty bad for most people. It’s Saturdays onlys (Im just training during the week) from 8AM until 5:30 PM. Some people want Saturdays off and others need more hours than that. For me, a high school senior, it was perfect since I can still do all my schoolwork during the week and was able to keep my serving job on Fridays and Sundays.

I just got lucky and they liked me for some reason.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/09/2015 at 21:26

Congrats. Do you get commission?

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
11/09/2015 at 21:29

No but Im getting more than minimum wage which is a big win for me. And she was hinting at more hours and new positions when I turn 18... so hopefully it works out for a while

DoYouEvenShift > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/09/2015 at 21:49

Im in Central FL. Now I know where to go when Im ready for a used Vette!

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > DoYouEvenShift
11/09/2015 at 21:50

No joke. We actually have a chapter of the Corvettes club in my town and they have like semi-annual Corvette meets which take over Main Street and close it down all day.

They just sit in garages for the most part and it’s such a shame.

DoYouEvenShift > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/09/2015 at 22:00

That is a shame.

But theyll be fresh someone that drives them someday.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > DoYouEvenShift
11/09/2015 at 22:04

That’s the joke of my town. Dealers like to sell a lot of the elderly more car than they need. Case in point:

One of my old regular customers at Publix was an 87 year old woman. She drove.... A CTS V WAGON!

Also had a woman with a totally stock, manual 90s Supra in red! It had a quilt on the backseat! And less than 50K miles!

It’s also great if you want a weird thing: like a minty fresh Chrysler K Car

DoYouEvenShift > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/09/2015 at 22:15

Dude you guys are sitting on a gold mine down there!

Congrats on the job btw.

Manual_Noriega > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
11/09/2015 at 22:45

Yep, more than minimum wage and more positions when you turn 18? I’ve heard that one before.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Manual_Noriega
11/09/2015 at 23:19

Well I’m already over min now. And I’m leaving the state for college so even if I don’t get promoted... still worth it because I’ll put up with it for a few months