Oh, you lucky guy!  You got one of the better FLAPS clerks.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: [F] Canadian Tire [was: seat covers]

> At 6:40 PM -0800 2/23/00, Marshall Ruskin wrote:
> >Canadian Tire's web site is.....www.canadiantire.com
> >
> >You can sign up for eFlyer - which is your weekly "drool Sheet" - it's
fun
> >to read.
> >
> >Then forevermore, you can examine what unique products Canadians are
buying
> >for their "motorcars", see the price of "petrol", and check the price of
> >"tyres".
>
> Canadian tire (TIRE, see?) is the most worthless, screwed up, pain in the
> ass, incompetent store around.  The only cool thing about it is Canadian
> tire money--it's cool because it is mathematically impossible to spend it
> all.  (You always get some back with every purchase).
>
> I HATE having to go to Candian Tire.  Let me illustrate with the following
> non-exaggerated scenario:
>
> Buying a spark plug at Canadian Tire:
> =====================================
>
> You: I'd like spark plugs for my 2.1 L vanagon, please.
>
> CT twerp: What year?
>
> You: uh, 1989.
>
> CTT: (tapping away at keyboard...) Four cylinder?
>
> You: uh, Yes...
>
> CTT: (tappity tap tap) cargo van?
>
> You: Um.  No.  It's a westfalia.  What does that have to do with anything?
>
> CTT: (tap tap tap tap tap tap) Sorry, we don't have "westfalia" plugs.  We
> only have a "camper" listed.
>
> You: Fine.  FINE.  I'll take the camper ones.
>
> CTT: Sure?
>
> You: YES!
>
> CTT: (tappity tap tap tap tap tap) GL?
>
> You: Sure...
>
> CTT: 3 door?
>
> You: Mmmhmm...
>
> CTT: Blue?
>
> You: YES!  Just give me the damn plugs before I throw you outside to
freeze
> to death!
>
> CTT: I've only got the Canadian Tire "Motomaster" brand quintuple-fire
> hi-performance plugs, but I'll have to order them from our Moosejaw store.
>
> You: Forget it.  Just give me a set of wiper blades for the vanagon, then.
>
> CTT: (tap tap tap tap) what year?
>
> You: AAARRRGH!!!
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca
>
> '82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
> '97 son Russell                                   =============
> '99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
> 1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
> 1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
> Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
> http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/