The AutoZone here hired a little blue-haired old lady that I would bet was
closer to 80 than 70... I have no idea what that was all about- I know the
manager pretty well and I didn't even wanna ask him. Her customer skills
were great if you had all day but she didn't know hooey about cars. I think
her presence there actually made for a positive service effect on the 'kids'
in a sense, but a couple of times I thought I was gonna be as old as she was
by the time I got out of there. She wasn't there long... again, I didn't ask
but if nothing else I got the feeling that 8 hrs. on her feet was getting to
her.

I once interrupted one of the (much) younger women that work there 'cause I
thought she was making a mistake- turns out she was right. Boy she had her
fun with me I tell ya. It really wasn't a gender thing, I double-check the
dudes all the time (which one of them was... uh, 'kind' enough to comment
on) but she had to dangle me for a bit before she let me off. At least she
always smiles at me know when I come in. : )

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Paquette" <raymondpaquette@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: FLAPS? not in my experience (No Van Content)

>I always try to go to a woman at the parts counter-they just seem to more
> interested in giving me the part I need, and willing to find out something
> if they don't know it.  Knowing what I'm doing and what I need seems to
> stimulate some competitive urge in some parts men-where they end up
> wanting
> to appear more knowledgeable than me.  When I go with their superior
> knowledge about my needs, I usually have to return parts to exchange for
> the
> correct ones.
>
> Raymond
>
>
> On 5/16/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> At  5/16/2007 09:25 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>> >Why do we refer to these places like that?   Friendly Local Auto
>> >Parts Store?  I've not found most of the countermen("persons?) very
>> >friendly at all..In fact, they seem downright rude, in most cases.
>>
>> My experience with parts stores is completely different from yours.
>> 100% different.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>> becida@comcast.net
>>
>> With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.
>>