Auto Parts Stores

This is better service than I received this past week. I went to four different stores in an hour. Everyone of them told me they did not have the part and could not get it. I brought the part with me which had the manufacturer and part number.

When no one cares about their service or product, people just start giving up. Ayn Rand wrote about this in Atlas Shrugged. People in this country have given up.

Giving up is not the same as going Galt.

David DeGerolamo

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TakeAHardLook
TakeAHardLook
1 year ago

Kudos! How dead-on is this child? Even down to hauling “ole lard bucket” outta the chair to waddle one’s fat ass to find the part.
Too much smiling, though,. Those fkrs never smile at me!

The $28+ bucks for the spark plug sounds about right, today.

Francis W. Porretto
1 year ago

People in this country have given up.

Quite a few, yes. It’s part of the “What’s The Use?” phenomenon we’re all uncomfortably familiar with.

a follower, working on it.
a follower, working on it.
1 year ago

Still having very difficult time getting auto parts, (All makes) how long have these unions been back to work? No answers, no availability on commonly needed components! System ‘feels’ like its flailing. Dollar stores shelves are thinning, other times stock is everywhere in the isles can not get enough help. Erratic, no consistency!
Be grateful for what we do have daily!

The Southern Nationalist
The Southern Nationalist
1 year ago

Lol, this kid nailed it!
I was looking for a rear brake cylinder for my 1989 Ford F-100 and the prices I saw at my local stores were crazy high!
I did find the parts online at a really good price so I bought for both sides just in case.

EddieHnatko
EddieHnatko
1 year ago

Cute rendition if not actually sad as well. Reminds me of a cartoon during the Reagan firing of the traffic controllers. Bunch of kids directing traffic with skateboards lying on the floor and one kid using a mirror looking at the screen behind him. Tour guide says…”We decided to hire the kids because they never miss.”

KurtP
KurtP
1 year ago

She didn’t ask enough irrelevant questions.
Is it a reg/super/crew cab?
What drive?
What trim level?
Does it have A/C?
What engine?
What transmission?
Electric or wind-up windows?

Before I even head out anymore, I look up the big three (or four) in my town and see if they even have it on next day delivery.

lol no
lol no
1 year ago

Ever gone in with the EXACT part number and had the slack-jaw behind the counter tell you that ain’t the part you need? I didn’t ask you what I need, son I TOLD you what I need. Nothin worse than a know it all child with a computer parts list.