Somehow this confused the HD dealership...

 All I wanted is to have new tires on my wheels.  It's a '75 FLH.  I brought
in the loose wheels.  For tires.  Is this hard?  Have a drink, I got
pitchers of beer, apple cider and some egg nog, anything else ask Shirley
and I'd stay away from the egg nog, it smells funny.

"Hi, I called earlier, I need tires."

"Okay, you brought in the bike?"

"No, the wheels."

Silence, then some keypad work.  Lots of keypad work.

I interrupt the silence, "I won't be able to pick them up until next
weekend.  Slide the job in when it's slow.  And I want the front tire back."

"Why?"

Thinking, 'None of your ficking business', I answer, "It's complicated.  I
just want it back."

More keypad work, followed by, "Okay, all set."

I innocently ask, "At what point in the process do I get to tell you what
kind of tire I want?"

"Uuuum...they usually just put the stock tire on there."

"That's fine.  I want the narrow whitewall, please."

More keypad work.  "Okay, all set."

I had my son with me.  He's 8 and he's a little rock star with the Ladies at
the counter there.  He wanted to see if they had anymore keychains, like
last time.  He and I went into the boutique to look around and angle for a
keychain, when the kid from the service dept. hunts me down to ask me a
question about the year of the bike, and then before I leave, the service
manager...The Service Manager...hunts me down saying, "I don't know if we'll
have tires that fit a bike that old."

I assure him that it's the same tire that every FLH wears.

The boy walked out of there with *two* keychains, what a little rock star he
is.

When I got home I warned The Wife that the dealership will be calling, and
to just say, "Dunlop."  See, they never asked that part.

Prost!

--
Don
Concede to idiot cagers.  Right of Way is irrelevant during the collision.
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 wrote:

Whew! When you go back pay with cash, then when they tell you, It'll
be twenty-seven dollars and 3 cents, give 'em 30 dollars, then tell
'em I've got a nickel right after they key in the 30 bucks, and watch
'em sweat <g>
I did that at a favorate luch spot the other day, I gave the girl a 20
for an luch bill that was $8.03, then I gave her the nickle cause I
didn't want all the change back, she looked like I just asked her to
split an atom <sfsf>

Pete
BS198

 On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:11:54 -0700 (PDT), Little_Nicky


Yeah, the kids kinda freeze when they can't get help from the
electronic cash registers.  
I stopped at the Fox store to get a soda the other day and the 10-12
year old kid in front of me threw a $20 on the counter for a soda and
a candy bar.  I told the owner that when I was that age, the $3 that I
had in my wallet at the time would have been a big deal, much less a
$20.  
Never saw those except at Christmas and my B-day...don't see 'em at
all much anymore.
--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC(P)
'95 Wrangler YJ
BS#132, TOMKAT, SENS, SLOB#13
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Better yet, when the tab comes up to $27.03 I'll fork over $28.02 and just
wait while the grey matter siezes up before me.
--
Don
Concede to idiot cagers.  Right of Way is irrelevant during the collision.
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 Stingy Bastard wrote:

(snipped some)

<snerk> You're cruel. You shouldn't tease the product of the public
school system like that.

Ordered a burger and a drink that came to $4.83. Gave the kid a five. He
fumbled with the machine for a few seconds. Finally got the drawer to
open...took my $5 bill and put it in the till, and then looked at the
display that said, "$4.83"...and pulled out $4.83 and gave it to me for
change. A 17 cent burger and drink. Not bad.

The kid is probably the CEO of a big company today.

--
Andy aka Big Stinkie BS#252 SLOB#3

"Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own
pants."