Mondays at the tire shop

[wmtire]

I went one for four today on junk tires.


1. First customer had a tire so old it was coming apart. He wanting us to fix the two nails in it, but I showed him the dry rot and said it couldn't be repaired. he left and said he would find somewhere else.


2. Next one had a nail in sidewall. Told her it could not be repaired. She said she would find someone who could and left.


3. Another one had a screw right beside a patch, and the patch was beside a plug (about an inch between them). She managed to run over another screw between the patch and the plug. Told her we could not repair it and she told us to put the screw back in her tire and she would find someone to plug it.


4. This customer also had an old tire, that was coming apart. He is a good customer and he did buy two new tires to replace the pair on his back since the other one was just as old (14 years according to the DOT)


Not sure where 1-3 may have went after they left, but I hope they didn't go to two of my close by competitors. The reason I say this, is we had one customer come in yesterday wanting us to rotate his tires, but he had some versafit wheels (that fit two different lug patterns). One of my competitors mounted these wheels on his vehicle using the wrong lug holes, and now the studs were bent out. I told him he would have to get those repaired first, which he said he figured as much.


I passed by a second competitor today on my way to get lunch and saw one of his employees outside trying to ram a plug into the tire. (and it wasn't one of the above in my saga) As I sat at the redlight and watched more, the customer even walked over and helped the employee hold the tire, as he now started hammering the plug tool into the tire.

[myxkp]

Maybe we could all pitch in and buy you a truckload of gps trackers
That way you can avoid these people on the road

[wildcatter]

Originally Posted by myxkp

Maybe we could all pitch in and buy you a truckload of gps trackers
That way you can avoid these people on the road

Where is the fun in that?

[rracer5]

Originally Posted by wmtire

I went one for four today on junk tires.


1. First customer had a tire so old it was coming apart. He wanting us to fix the two nails in it, but I showed him the dry rot and said it couldn't be repaired. he left and said he would find somewhere else.


2. Next one had a nail in sidewall. Told her it could not be repaired. She said she would find someone who could and left.


3. Another one had a screw right beside a patch, and the patch was beside a plug (about an inch between them). She managed to run over another screw between the patch and the plug. Told her we could not repair it and she told us to put the screw back in her tire and she would find someone to plug it.


4. This customer also had an old tire, that was coming apart. He is a good customer and he did buy two new tires to replace the pair on his back since the other one was just as old (14 years according to the DOT)


Not sure where 1-3 may have went after they left, but I hope they didn't go to two of my close by competitors. The reason I say this, is we had one customer come in yesterday wanting us to rotate his tires, but he had some versafit wheels (that fit two different lug patterns). One of my competitors mounted these wheels on his vehicle using the wrong lug holes, and now the studs were bent out. I told him he would have to get those repaired first, which he said he figured as much.


I passed by a second competitor today on my way to get lunch and saw one of his employees outside trying to ram a plug into the tire. (and it wasn't one of the above in my saga) As I sat at the redlight and watched more, the customer even walked over and helped the employee hold the tire, as he now started hammering the plug tool into the tire.

Hammering rubber plug into rubber tire with a rubber mallet.......

Wonder if it bounced back and smacked him in the head.

[TheWolfPaq82]

I envy you Bobby. I love my job, but you have way more interesting days than I ever will. I do deal with some crazy stuff from some the PhD's I have to deal with.

[PatrickY]

Maybe the D doesn't stand for Doctorate, maybe it stands for Dense?

[emm-dee]

Originally Posted by PatrickY

Maybe the D doesn't stand for Doctorate, maybe it stands for Dense?

There are three levels of college degrees:

1. BS=BUlls..t
2. MS=More of the same
3. PHD=piled high and deep

[rracer5]

Originally Posted by PatrickY

Maybe the D doesn't stand for Doctorate, maybe it stands for Dense?

OR

[TheWolfPaq82]

Originally Posted by PatrickY

Maybe the D doesn't stand for Doctorate, maybe it stands for Dense?

Quote from the Misses (Masters in Education) PhD =" Piled Higher and Deeper."

[pgandw]

Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82

Quote from the Misses (Masters in Education) PhD =" Piled Higher and Deeper."

To appreciate that, BS = Bull S...; MS = More S...

[CAT-RN]

You in line to get more water next couple days Bobby? Customers buying new rubber to evacuate?

Russell

[wmtire]

Originally Posted by CAT-RN

You in line to get more water next couple days Bobby? Customers buying new rubber to evacuate?

Russell

Looking now like its going east of us, so our friends in Mississippi may get it bad. Hope not.

[wmtire]

I am getting more than my fair share today. I lost my cool a bit, and will share the details when I get home later. He kept pushing till I got enough. Some of it had to do with armor all.

[wildcatter]

[QUOTE= Some of it had to do with armor all.[/QUOTE]

This sentence right here makes this a very slippery subject.

[CedarCreekWoody]

Sometimes you just have to stand your ground.

[wmtire]

This one is scary. Guy comes in here wanting us to try and tighten down his lugnuts on a trailer. Told him I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Missing one, one on backwards, two have the stud spinning

[wmtire]

The store across the road just put up a new sign yesterday
I don't know my Spanish well enough, but that seems to be a misprint

[JWood422]

Originally Posted by wmtire

The store across the road just put up a new sign yesterday
I don't know my Spanish well enough, but that seems to be a misprint Attachment 239269Attachment 239270

“Every little ting gonna be alright.”

[wmtire]

Originally Posted by JWood422

“Every little ting gonna be alright.”

Tat's what I was tinking too.

[Qwkynuf]

Originally Posted by wmtire

The store across the road just out/up a new sign yesterday
I don't know my Spanish well enough, but that seems to be a misprint Attachment 239269Attachment 239270

Part of my job involves providing support to sign shops. There is an eternal debate over proofreading vs "print what they sent".

In a case like this, if the misspelling was contained in the art the customer provided, and it wasn't noticed until delivery, the customer would either have to go with what they got or pay for a new print.

A lot of times, they just go with it.