Re: [FWDLK] - parts stores, MY version:

[bill g <nilla6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:21 AM 4/5/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I had a similar experience.  This exchange took place between me and an
>AutoZone employee a while back...
>
>
>ME: "Hi, I need front and rear transmission seals for a 1958 Plymouth with a
>Torqueflite."
>
>AZ: "Hmmm... The computer says there weren't any CARS built before
>1962."
>
>ME: "The computer is wrong.  Do you have a -book- that lists seals? I can
>look it up myself, if you'd like."
>
>AZ: "What is a book???  Are you sure it's not a '62?"
>
>ME: "Yes. Very sure."
>
>AZ: "Then it's not a CAR. They didn't make them until 1962.  What model
>is it again?"
>
>ME: "A Savoy. A PLYMOUTH Savoy. 1958."
>
>AZ: "I think I need another 'Witchy Toke Fly'."
>
>ME: "WITH A TORQUEFLITE.  The transmission is a Torqueflite.
>Torqueflite. 3 speed. PLYMOUTH. The model is a Savoy. 1958."
>
>AZ: "Hmmm... 58... Oh!  It's an Oldsmobile 58, not a Plymouth 58."
>
>ME: "No, I'm very sure it's a Plymouth."
>
>AZ: "Well, it's an Oldsmobile, actually. Like the Ninety-Eight."
>
>ME: "Do you have a manager around here somewhere? Anywhere? Please?"
>
>AZ: "I'm the owner/manager. Hmmm.. The computer isn't showing the
>3 speed transmission for a 1962 Oldsmobile 98... and they don't
>list the 98, either..."
>
>ME: "LISTEN CAREFULLY. Do you have a manager around here somewhere?"
>
>AZ: "Is there something wrong?"
>
>ME: "Yeah, the restrooms are dirty!"

See, Dave, you have to spice the story up a bit so it'll
be interesting ;)

-bill
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1956 DeSoto 4dr Firedome
Atlanta, GA