Too bad it wasn't Friday. Over here we have a rule. You can shoot idiots on
Fridays.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 11/27/01 3:04 PM, "Guy Weller"
<guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> made the profound statement:
> Grr, I am so annoyed!
> Went to the local Ford main dealer to get some bits for my 5speed and
> the idiot at the parts counter hadn't got a clue, Worse than that, he
> flatley refused to look up parts properly for me. I took the alloy
> extension with me, he looked at it and said "that isn't a ford one".
> At this point I had a sence of foreboding of wehat was to come!
> I had to point out the little ford logo in the alloy casting to get
> him convinced that it was!
>
> Then I said that it was an N-type "No such thing!"
> "Ok, well look up Type 9".
>
> He got his computer parts programme up and running and brings up a
> view of a 4 speed extension. Refused to look for any other "they are
> all the same".
> "cannot help you unless you can give me the chassis number or the
> proper gearbox designation" (he knows it is a scrappie job)
> So I left him and went into the workshops where I found Tom.
> Explained what I was up to ( midget / 5 speed etc etc) Tom was
> helpfull and geniunely interested. Confirmed that the info I had
> provided was more than enough to identify the parts from. Then he said
> " I'm not surprised with that storeman - he is totally clueless -
> causes us all sorts of problems, a real b****d!, you would do better
> to go to another dealer" That from someone in the same workplace!!
>
> Back to the parts counter. Same story. Brings up a screen showing
> 1986 Transit 4 Speed in big red letters across the top.
> "This is the gearbox fitted to the 1989 5 speed 2.0l Sierra"
> "Why does it say 4 speed"
> "Oh, that's a misprint"
>
> Time to give up! Problem is that the next nearest dealership is 30
> miles away!!
>
> Guy
> Sorry if the vehicle types doesn't make sense overseas, but I guess
> you can get the gist of it!
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
--Mark Twain
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