I was running some errands on Sunday, and I had some fun experiences.
First, I ran to Goodwill to drop of some textbook donations. I had the books in a box, and I thought they were pretty heavy. It was a trial getting them to the car from my apartment. I don't think I'm super weak or anything, so I swear it was a heavy box. So I pulled up to Goodwill, and I walked over to the donations area. There were two young guys working there, and I told them that I had a box of books that was a little heavy and asked if one of them could come grab it for me. Generally I'm quite self-sufficient and would have gotten the books by myself, but I was already tired, and I'm in the middle of moving anyway. The guy started walking to my car with me and was basically taunting me about asking for help with the heavy box, as in, "Oh, it's a really heavy box is it? I wonder if I'll be able to lift it myself." I think I just looked at him in amazement and laughed a little. The next thing I knew, he picked up the box, and continued the mockery. "Oh, my back. I'm afraid this box is too heavy and I'm going to hurt my back." Weird Goodwill Guy! What's that all about?
Next I went to get the oil changed in my car. I took it to a quick change place, and I asked if they had Valvoline oil. I'm a Valvoline oil fan. The guy didn't know, and he went to ask his manager. The manager came out to talk to me.
Manager: "Yeah, sorry, we don't have Valvoline. We only have Penzoil and Quaker State."
Me: "Oh, really?"
Manager: "Yeah, sorry, I mean, if you bring your own oil in, we can give you a discount."
Me: "Okay. I know I don't want Penzoil, but how's Quaker State?"
Manager: "So you've been putting Valvoline in your car?"
Me: "Yeah."
Manager: "Yeah, then you really don't want to use Quaker State."
Hmmmm...so their product is really....good???? So I brought my own oil in. Yes, I'm an oil snob.
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I swear you meet some weird people.
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