Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
<dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>
>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>
>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>> likely to rip you off.
>>
>>
>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>> Geoff
>
>
>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
make sure it never happens again.
A year later they run the same sting and get the same results,
nothing has changed...
Several of these chains have tried the same thing on 'Bait Cars" and
the sting is being conducted by the California Bureau of Automotive
Repair. And they get a big fine and their operating licenses on
probation, and again they go back to 'business as usual' when it's
over. Sears damn near lost their licenses several times.
--<< Bruce >>--
<dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>
>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>
>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>
>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>> likely to rip you off.
>>
>>
>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>> Geoff
>
>
>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
make sure it never happens again.
A year later they run the same sting and get the same results,
nothing has changed...
Several of these chains have tried the same thing on 'Bait Cars" and
the sting is being conducted by the California Bureau of Automotive
Repair. And they get a big fine and their operating licenses on
probation, and again they go back to 'business as usual' when it's
over. Sears damn near lost their licenses several times.
--<< Bruce >>--
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>>
>>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>>> likely to rip you off.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
>
> Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
> KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
> the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
> for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
> make sure it never happens again.
>
> A year later they run the same sting and get the same results,
> nothing has changed...
>
> Several of these chains have tried the same thing on 'Bait Cars" and
> the sting is being conducted by the California Bureau of Automotive
> Repair. And they get a big fine and their operating licenses on
> probation, and again they go back to 'business as usual' when it's
> over. Sears damn near lost their licenses several times.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
Someday, one of these repair places will pull the same stunt on the wrong
person and...
news:tecdh39rov676a7d6ooeotmrd2n41ajof6@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>>
>>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>>> likely to rip you off.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
>
> Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
> KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
> the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
> for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
> make sure it never happens again.
>
> A year later they run the same sting and get the same results,
> nothing has changed...
>
> Several of these chains have tried the same thing on 'Bait Cars" and
> the sting is being conducted by the California Bureau of Automotive
> Repair. And they get a big fine and their operating licenses on
> probation, and again they go back to 'business as usual' when it's
> over. Sears damn near lost their licenses several times.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
Someday, one of these repair places will pull the same stunt on the wrong
person and...
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>>
>>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>>> likely to rip you off.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
>
> Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
> KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
> the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
> for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
> make sure it never happens again.
>
> A year later they run the same sting and get the same results,
> nothing has changed...
>
> Several of these chains have tried the same thing on 'Bait Cars" and
> the sting is being conducted by the California Bureau of Automotive
> Repair. And they get a big fine and their operating licenses on
> probation, and again they go back to 'business as usual' when it's
> over. Sears damn near lost their licenses several times.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
Someday, one of these repair places will pull the same stunt on the wrong
person and...
news:tecdh39rov676a7d6ooeotmrd2n41ajof6@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>>
>>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>>> likely to rip you off.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
>
> Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
> KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
> the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
> for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
> make sure it never happens again.
>
> A year later they run the same sting and get the same results,
> nothing has changed...
>
> Several of these chains have tried the same thing on 'Bait Cars" and
> the sting is being conducted by the California Bureau of Automotive
> Repair. And they get a big fine and their operating licenses on
> probation, and again they go back to 'business as usual' when it's
> over. Sears damn near lost their licenses several times.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
Someday, one of these repair places will pull the same stunt on the wrong
person and...
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Re: Jiffy Lube Bah! was Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:42:43 -0700, larry moe 'n curly
<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>Chip wrote:
>
>> We had stopped using Jiffy Lube several years ago here in Phoenix
>> because of their predatory tactics and sloppy servicing. Found a
>> dependable place, but that went out of business a couple of months ago.
>> My wife went back to Jiffy Lube because she knew where it was. Got a
>> bill for $115 for an OIL change and some MINOR things they sold her on.
>>
>> BTW, they checked off that they did all the liquid levels, but low
>> coolant level triggered my car computer less than a week later.
>>
>> Bah! I am NEVER using them again.
>
>Based on my experience five years ago with a company vehicle, I
>wouldn't recommend Jiffy Lube except to customers who know about auto
>maintenance and can watch the employees continuously.
>
>The two Phoenix area Jiffy Lubes I used, one at Metrocenter, another
>near the Home Depot on I-17 and Thunderbird, seemed to be honest and
>didn't push unneeded services, but:
>
>1. The auto maker required 5W-30 oil, but they usually tried to put
>in 10W-30. A couple of times the Thunderbird Jiffy Lube walked to the
>Walgreen's next door to purchase 5W-30.
>
>2. The vehicle had ABS that had to be depressurized to for checking
>the brake fluid level, but both Jiffy Lubes apparently didn't do that
>and therefore overfilled the reserviors by a great deal and caused
>tons of fluid to spill out.
>
>3. Both places way overfilled the radiator overflow tank. Granted it
>was an unusual tank that was supposed to be filled only to 1/2", but I
>had highlighted the full mark and warned Jiffy Lube of this.
>
>4. The air filter housing was reinstalled wrong.
>
>I had no problems with these places after I told them to only change
>the engine oil and filter and leave everything else alone.
Back in the days when I was a wage slave, I had my company truck's oil
and filter changed at a Penzoil quick-lube place. They checked the
transmission fluid level with the engine off and over filled it by
about a quart. I didn't know that and the transmission started
slipping really bad on shifts after eveything got warmed up. Sucked
the extra out and that fixed the problem. I never went back except
once when I informed the manager (in front of about 6 customers) of
the proper way to check the fluid level in an automatic transmission.
You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
Jack
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<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>Chip wrote:
>
>> We had stopped using Jiffy Lube several years ago here in Phoenix
>> because of their predatory tactics and sloppy servicing. Found a
>> dependable place, but that went out of business a couple of months ago.
>> My wife went back to Jiffy Lube because she knew where it was. Got a
>> bill for $115 for an OIL change and some MINOR things they sold her on.
>>
>> BTW, they checked off that they did all the liquid levels, but low
>> coolant level triggered my car computer less than a week later.
>>
>> Bah! I am NEVER using them again.
>
>Based on my experience five years ago with a company vehicle, I
>wouldn't recommend Jiffy Lube except to customers who know about auto
>maintenance and can watch the employees continuously.
>
>The two Phoenix area Jiffy Lubes I used, one at Metrocenter, another
>near the Home Depot on I-17 and Thunderbird, seemed to be honest and
>didn't push unneeded services, but:
>
>1. The auto maker required 5W-30 oil, but they usually tried to put
>in 10W-30. A couple of times the Thunderbird Jiffy Lube walked to the
>Walgreen's next door to purchase 5W-30.
>
>2. The vehicle had ABS that had to be depressurized to for checking
>the brake fluid level, but both Jiffy Lubes apparently didn't do that
>and therefore overfilled the reserviors by a great deal and caused
>tons of fluid to spill out.
>
>3. Both places way overfilled the radiator overflow tank. Granted it
>was an unusual tank that was supposed to be filled only to 1/2", but I
>had highlighted the full mark and warned Jiffy Lube of this.
>
>4. The air filter housing was reinstalled wrong.
>
>I had no problems with these places after I told them to only change
>the engine oil and filter and leave everything else alone.
Back in the days when I was a wage slave, I had my company truck's oil
and filter changed at a Penzoil quick-lube place. They checked the
transmission fluid level with the engine off and over filled it by
about a quart. I didn't know that and the transmission started
slipping really bad on shifts after eveything got warmed up. Sucked
the extra out and that fixed the problem. I never went back except
once when I informed the manager (in front of about 6 customers) of
the proper way to check the fluid level in an automatic transmission.
You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
Jack
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Re: Jiffy Lube Bah! was Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:42:43 -0700, larry moe 'n curly
<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>Chip wrote:
>
>> We had stopped using Jiffy Lube several years ago here in Phoenix
>> because of their predatory tactics and sloppy servicing. Found a
>> dependable place, but that went out of business a couple of months ago.
>> My wife went back to Jiffy Lube because she knew where it was. Got a
>> bill for $115 for an OIL change and some MINOR things they sold her on.
>>
>> BTW, they checked off that they did all the liquid levels, but low
>> coolant level triggered my car computer less than a week later.
>>
>> Bah! I am NEVER using them again.
>
>Based on my experience five years ago with a company vehicle, I
>wouldn't recommend Jiffy Lube except to customers who know about auto
>maintenance and can watch the employees continuously.
>
>The two Phoenix area Jiffy Lubes I used, one at Metrocenter, another
>near the Home Depot on I-17 and Thunderbird, seemed to be honest and
>didn't push unneeded services, but:
>
>1. The auto maker required 5W-30 oil, but they usually tried to put
>in 10W-30. A couple of times the Thunderbird Jiffy Lube walked to the
>Walgreen's next door to purchase 5W-30.
>
>2. The vehicle had ABS that had to be depressurized to for checking
>the brake fluid level, but both Jiffy Lubes apparently didn't do that
>and therefore overfilled the reserviors by a great deal and caused
>tons of fluid to spill out.
>
>3. Both places way overfilled the radiator overflow tank. Granted it
>was an unusual tank that was supposed to be filled only to 1/2", but I
>had highlighted the full mark and warned Jiffy Lube of this.
>
>4. The air filter housing was reinstalled wrong.
>
>I had no problems with these places after I told them to only change
>the engine oil and filter and leave everything else alone.
Back in the days when I was a wage slave, I had my company truck's oil
and filter changed at a Penzoil quick-lube place. They checked the
transmission fluid level with the engine off and over filled it by
about a quart. I didn't know that and the transmission started
slipping really bad on shifts after eveything got warmed up. Sucked
the extra out and that fixed the problem. I never went back except
once when I informed the manager (in front of about 6 customers) of
the proper way to check the fluid level in an automatic transmission.
You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
Jack
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<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>Chip wrote:
>
>> We had stopped using Jiffy Lube several years ago here in Phoenix
>> because of their predatory tactics and sloppy servicing. Found a
>> dependable place, but that went out of business a couple of months ago.
>> My wife went back to Jiffy Lube because she knew where it was. Got a
>> bill for $115 for an OIL change and some MINOR things they sold her on.
>>
>> BTW, they checked off that they did all the liquid levels, but low
>> coolant level triggered my car computer less than a week later.
>>
>> Bah! I am NEVER using them again.
>
>Based on my experience five years ago with a company vehicle, I
>wouldn't recommend Jiffy Lube except to customers who know about auto
>maintenance and can watch the employees continuously.
>
>The two Phoenix area Jiffy Lubes I used, one at Metrocenter, another
>near the Home Depot on I-17 and Thunderbird, seemed to be honest and
>didn't push unneeded services, but:
>
>1. The auto maker required 5W-30 oil, but they usually tried to put
>in 10W-30. A couple of times the Thunderbird Jiffy Lube walked to the
>Walgreen's next door to purchase 5W-30.
>
>2. The vehicle had ABS that had to be depressurized to for checking
>the brake fluid level, but both Jiffy Lubes apparently didn't do that
>and therefore overfilled the reserviors by a great deal and caused
>tons of fluid to spill out.
>
>3. Both places way overfilled the radiator overflow tank. Granted it
>was an unusual tank that was supposed to be filled only to 1/2", but I
>had highlighted the full mark and warned Jiffy Lube of this.
>
>4. The air filter housing was reinstalled wrong.
>
>I had no problems with these places after I told them to only change
>the engine oil and filter and leave everything else alone.
Back in the days when I was a wage slave, I had my company truck's oil
and filter changed at a Penzoil quick-lube place. They checked the
transmission fluid level with the engine off and over filled it by
about a quart. I didn't know that and the transmission started
slipping really bad on shifts after eveything got warmed up. Sucked
the extra out and that fixed the problem. I never went back except
once when I informed the manager (in front of about 6 customers) of
the proper way to check the fluid level in an automatic transmission.
You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
Jack
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>>
>>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>>> likely to rip you off.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
>
> Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
> KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
> the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
> for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
> make sure it never happens again.
>
So Bruce will you call me a crook after I doubled the MPG of my Mercedes and
Infiniti ? You see, you people like to call every one crook, you made me
afraid of dealing with the hassle, that's why I never bother to market my
invention. I profit from my idea every day for two years now. America is
just too picky, making their complaint when they were not supposed to, and
didn't make the proper complaint when they were supposed to.
Tom
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>"Geoff Miller" <geoffm@lava.net> wrote in message
>>news:13hc3pd44kvkjc1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> Truckdude <shrub@thadeecider.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why would the manager of a Jiffy Lube be any less motivated than
>>>> the manager of a locally-owned shop?
>>>
>>>> Corporate pressure from above will have the Jiffy Lube mgr. more
>>>> likely to rip you off.
>>>
>>>
>>> I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
>>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an art
>>form, at least in one market area. Watch:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
>
> Ahh, the KNBC Sting of Jiffy Lube Et. Al. - but the sad part is,
> KNBC has done this same investigation several times before and caught
> the same crooks doing the same things, and the Corporate Spokesperson
> for the service chains say they are going to clean up their act and
> make sure it never happens again.
>
So Bruce will you call me a crook after I doubled the MPG of my Mercedes and
Infiniti ? You see, you people like to call every one crook, you made me
afraid of dealing with the hassle, that's why I never bother to market my
invention. I profit from my idea every day for two years now. America is
just too picky, making their complaint when they were not supposed to, and
didn't make the proper complaint when they were supposed to.
Tom
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
JoeSpareBedroom <dishborealis@yahoo.com> writes:
: I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
: Geoff
> Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an
> art form, at least in one market area. Watch:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
Whoa! I stand edified. Thanks for posting that. It's a hell of
an eye-opener.
I haven't been to a Jiffy Lube in several years. What I remember
from one of my 3-4 visits was the service writer's trying to
convince me to pay for a radiator flush because my car's coolant
(which had recently been changed) was "thick." Riiight...
Geoff
--
"If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say
it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
JoeSpareBedroom <dishborealis@yahoo.com> writes:
: I hardly think a profit motive is unique to those evil corporations.
: Geoff
> Profit is good, but Jiffy Lube is famous for making stealing into an
> art form, at least in one market area. Watch:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCAJ8ULnaI
Whoa! I stand edified. Thanks for posting that. It's a hell of
an eye-opener.
I haven't been to a Jiffy Lube in several years. What I remember
from one of my 3-4 visits was the service writer's trying to
convince me to pay for a radiator flush because my car's coolant
(which had recently been changed) was "thick." Riiight...
Geoff
--
"If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say
it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter
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Re: Jiffy Lube Bah! was Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES
Retired VIP <jackj14321@yahoo.com> writes:
> You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
That's a management failing, not a wage- or employee motivation
failing. "Perform to standards, or you're outta here!"
'Course, half the time the managers are retards, too...
Geoff
--
"If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say
it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter
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Re: Jiffy Lube Bah! was Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES
Retired VIP <jackj14321@yahoo.com> writes:
> You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
That's a management failing, not a wage- or employee motivation
failing. "Perform to standards, or you're outta here!"
'Course, half the time the managers are retards, too...
Geoff
--
"If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say
it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
Tom <Toms@gmail.com> writes:
> So Bruce will you call me a crook after I doubled the MPG of my
> Mercedes and Infiniti ? You see, you people like to call every
> one crook, you made me afraid of dealing with the hassle, that's
> why I never bother to market my invention.
Would this be some latter-day, fuel-injection equivalent of the
Fish carburetor?
Yeah, I know: it's a conspiracy of Big Oil. If it weren't for
their interference, you'd cure cancer, solve all the world's
energy problems, eliminate war, famine and pestilence, and
put paid to morning sphincter breath and the Heartbreak Of
Psoriasis(tm).
Geoff
--
"If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say
it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter
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Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES OR YOU WILL BE SORRY
Tom <Toms@gmail.com> writes:
> So Bruce will you call me a crook after I doubled the MPG of my
> Mercedes and Infiniti ? You see, you people like to call every
> one crook, you made me afraid of dealing with the hassle, that's
> why I never bother to market my invention.
Would this be some latter-day, fuel-injection equivalent of the
Fish carburetor?
Yeah, I know: it's a conspiracy of Big Oil. If it weren't for
their interference, you'd cure cancer, solve all the world's
energy problems, eliminate war, famine and pestilence, and
put paid to morning sphincter breath and the Heartbreak Of
Psoriasis(tm).
Geoff
--
"If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say
it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter
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Re: Jiffy Lube Bah! was Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES
Geoff Miller wrote:
> Retired VIP <jackj14321@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
>
>
> That's a management failing, not a wage- or employee motivation
> failing. "Perform to standards, or you're outta here!"
No, management failing is when they don't sell enough extras<g>
> 'Course, half the time the managers are retards, too...
Too true. Even in the places where you can watch them like a hawk - the
only places I would take my cars - you tend to see the manager as the
one who's been there more than six weeks, can count without removing his
shoes, and manages to NOT need bail money every Monday morning.
Come to think of it Geoff, you probably should issue an apology to
retards. Shame on you comparing them with the pit monkeys.<g>
> Retired VIP <jackj14321@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
>
>
> That's a management failing, not a wage- or employee motivation
> failing. "Perform to standards, or you're outta here!"
No, management failing is when they don't sell enough extras<g>
> 'Course, half the time the managers are retards, too...
Too true. Even in the places where you can watch them like a hawk - the
only places I would take my cars - you tend to see the manager as the
one who's been there more than six weeks, can count without removing his
shoes, and manages to NOT need bail money every Monday morning.
Come to think of it Geoff, you probably should issue an apology to
retards. Shame on you comparing them with the pit monkeys.<g>
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Re: Jiffy Lube Bah! was Re: NEVER BUY WALMART'S BATTERIES
Geoff Miller wrote:
> Retired VIP <jackj14321@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
>
>
> That's a management failing, not a wage- or employee motivation
> failing. "Perform to standards, or you're outta here!"
No, management failing is when they don't sell enough extras<g>
> 'Course, half the time the managers are retards, too...
Too true. Even in the places where you can watch them like a hawk - the
only places I would take my cars - you tend to see the manager as the
one who's been there more than six weeks, can count without removing his
shoes, and manages to NOT need bail money every Monday morning.
Come to think of it Geoff, you probably should issue an apology to
retards. Shame on you comparing them with the pit monkeys.<g>
> Retired VIP <jackj14321@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> You just can't get good help for minimum wage these days!
>
>
> That's a management failing, not a wage- or employee motivation
> failing. "Perform to standards, or you're outta here!"
No, management failing is when they don't sell enough extras<g>
> 'Course, half the time the managers are retards, too...
Too true. Even in the places where you can watch them like a hawk - the
only places I would take my cars - you tend to see the manager as the
one who's been there more than six weeks, can count without removing his
shoes, and manages to NOT need bail money every Monday morning.
Come to think of it Geoff, you probably should issue an apology to
retards. Shame on you comparing them with the pit monkeys.<g>