Gibson Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 So im working at halfords and a lady comes up too me and says that her headlight bulbs are not very good and she needs the brightest ones we have... so i get too Xenon super brilliance bulbs and offer too fit them, she says yes now this is like 48 quids worth of bulbs here.... so i go out too her car in the dark. fit the bulbs... the conversation went a bit like this "ok im done can u turn the headlights on" "ok" "have u turned them on yet" "yes" "are you sure love?" "YES" neither headlight was on so i made sure the clips etc were in them and said "ok try again" nothing... so i look into the car and shes got the damn sidelights on so i flick the switch one more turn and the full beams come on with them and she starts having a go at me saying that is the full beam and u cant drive like that that "yes madam im perfectly aware of that, why dont u turn them off" "i do drive with them off" "so u turn them off with the indicator stalk?" "the what?" "im sorry... are you trying to tell me you have been driving in the dark since you bought this car using only the side lights?" "i dont know" "do you have a driving license love?" i then left her too foot the bill... i was too busy laughing too even sudjest a refund... stupid bitch
Gibson Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Posted October 29, 2006 i love dealing with customers when they have no idea.. its so funny... "can i have a headlight bulb please" "yes madam what car is for" "i dont know.... but its red" "ok... is it in the car park il tell u what it is" "no i came in my husbands car" "oh god... here we go again"
tim Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 yea i used to get thos customer every week when i was at halfords
antz Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!! i never had that. although when my dad tried insuring his car he told them it was automatic and the person on the phone asked if he was sure and if a garage had confirmed it was automatic and another doris tried teling my dad his 3door nissan patrol had 5 doors!
Gibson Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Posted October 29, 2006 insurance companies are great fun... i had a giggles telling the guy at norwich union that i was very dissapointed in him for not quoting me happy when he quoted me 3k too insure the capri
antz Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 insurance companies are great fun... i had a giggles telling the guy at norwich union that i was very dissapointed in him for not quoting me happy when he quoted me 3k too insure the capri thats who my dad had the problems with!
perry Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 i feel for you dude i really do i have to work with customers who are too dim to drive a car !
Gibson Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Posted October 29, 2006 it really does make me wonder how they passed theyre test's... i would be dubious about letting them operate a microwave let alone 2 tonnes or steel doing 70mph
Messenjah Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 we had a guy come in to the landy garage i worked at and ask for a steering rack for a rangerover .... they have a steering box not a rack we asked what one he said a green one ... we asked if he knew the reg and engine size he said i think its a G reg and something like 70 litres no m8 that would be the size of ure fuel tank i asked about the engine ... oh its a v8 i guessed that but its a diesel one No sir it isnt if its diesel its not a V8 it sounds like a v8 was temped to say you sound like an idiot but didnt we got him to bring the car in (on a trailer) and it was green but it didnt need a steering box it just needed track rod ends one track rod was bent so we put a new one on we gave him a new steering box just so we could charge him the labour and did some other little bits and for those of you who wondered it was a diesel lol and it didnt sound the slightest bit like a v8
Messenjah Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 and as for norwhich union i rang them up and said its a hatchback quote me happy and they said you are the 18th person to do that to me an ive only been at work 3 hours
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted October 29, 2006 Report Posted October 29, 2006 My wife had been having a few problems with her Ka. There were various rattles and such like. Nothing major, and I fixed them. Then it started revving while changing gear. That turned out to be a faulty TPS - a common problem. She started to get paranoid about every little thing. She came home saying 'That bloody car. Now a light has come on on the dashboard'. Me:'What colour light?' Her:'Blue' Me: ROFL.
mk2_escort_chick Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 We used to get some right weirdo's in Halfords. Dean will back me up on this. Like wiperblades and wheel trims. They've got no idea what car they've got. They're just like: "its blue" and then tell you the trim level. Oh and the 'rude boi's!'- come in to get their ripspeed spoilers, lexus lights, neons and stickers for brands that they havent even got on their car. Oh and how could I forget the musical air horns! Dukes of Hazzard style
Gibson Posted October 30, 2006 Author Report Posted October 30, 2006 i love the ones who spend hundreds of pound on shit cars like metros... i got bollocked for telling one customer that the blades, bulbs and wheels i was fitting were worth more than his car....
RFChris Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 This a lift ftom my blog from some time ago..... Some bloke just rang me up. The whole call is boring, but the opening was the finest display of 'stupid' i've seen in a while. Me: Good morning, Clist and Rattle. (the Skoda dealership i worked for) Customer: Ah,um,yes, um, good morning... M: What can i do for you? C: Ah,um,yes. I've got a Fiesta... M: Ok C: Oh,urm,no,sorry,um, an Allegro.. M: Oh, ok. Whats the proble.... C: No....bloody'ell, i've got a Fabia. M: .......................are you sure? Look out of the window, man! Look at your keys! How can anyone, even the most car-inept person knows what sort of car they drive. Epecially out of a choice of three.....blimey!
Burns Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 haha, love to do that to some of the idiots in there (wonders whether local halfords has any job openings)
X-pack-Glyn Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 i used to deal with the retail counter in a peugeot parts department, the damn job litterally drive me to drink!!! doris comes in... "Hello, id like a headlight please" so i get the book out, look the bastard up, ask the relevant questions, they never know the answer, so i go outside to look, come back in, look up part, get part number, go upstairs and get headlamp, put it on the counter... "oh, i only wanted a bulb" happened lots of times, never again will i ever deal with the public.
MadMark2 Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 Aswell as having to deal with complete Retards and chavs what really pisses me of is phone calls like this: her "Hello my husband has asked me to get a price on a part for our car...." me "Ok do you have the reg no....." her "Hang on...... he wants to know the reg....." me "Ok and what part are you after..?" her "Whats that part called again love.... he said it goes on the back of the engine" After a few minutes of this toing and froing i really want to say " Why dont you get that lazy f@ckin twat to get off his fat arse and walk the 6 ft or so to the phone and tell me him self !!" Why do these blokes do it ?? they know there missus aint got a clue..... Christ sake that p*sses me off just typing it !!!!!!
Guy Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Lol, some ryt classics there!!! But in my local halfords they only imploy idiots! i was trying to get some locking wheel nuts for my mk1, i went in and asked about them, they said that they had em in stock, in turns out that they were totally wrong!!! but they insisted they were correct. So i left and got in contact with McGuard who gave me a part number etc. i then went back to my local halfords where they told me that the wheel nuts did not exist and that they had the correct ones in stock the same bloke who i had spoke to the day before, who was the duty manager for the car parts bit!!! Dont even get me started on their Bikehut staff!!!! total fookin idiots!! Guy
Mr Sam Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 oh dear oh dear, i had to teach my nan how to use the indicator thingy to switch from dipped to main............she phoned me up when she got home said she had to hold it back all the way (obviosly as if you were flashing your lights) to get it togo on main
Gibson Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Posted October 31, 2006 Lol halfords pay peanuts so they get monkeys... unfotuntately i have no means of travel at the moment so its the only place close enough for me too work at...
Admin Vista Posted November 1, 2006 Admin Report Posted November 1, 2006 it ain't fair to assume someone is a muppet coz they don't know squat about cars though, some of the people that don't know a V8 from a diesel may be perform brain surgery for their day jobs. My younger brother for instance just about knows the difference between where to put the fuel and where to put the oil, but question him on his day job and he's one of the best you'll find Besides my own experience of Halfords is that there are far more muppets behind the counter than in front of it (present company excepted)
Gibson Posted November 1, 2006 Author Report Posted November 1, 2006 Like i said they pay peanuts so they get monkeys. i have been working there a month and im already the best fitter they have and cant wait too move onto something more wholesome.... im too good for that King place
Gibson Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Posted July 13, 2007 i left for a better job soon as i got my license back. The percentage of light bulbs batteries and numberplates etc fitted dropped by 87%!!!!!!!! i did 87% bastard percent of all the fitting in that place and never saw a penny of the obscene prices they charge!
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