Armed only with a remote and an overblown sense of relevance, DUmmies continue to fight for societal change, one TV at a time.
Omaha Steve (83,553 posts)
So Fox was playing on the TV
I had to get a slow leak in a tire fixed. I walked in and sure enough, Fox was on the TV. It was running down President Biden. There was a lady sitting there watching it. When they called her to the front desk, they explained the tire she had could not be fixed. A previous patch was leaking. Then they told her both FRONT tires on her front wheel drive were under 4/32. They did say she would get ONE new tire free with the road hazard warranty she had.
She called her husband about what to do on her cell phone. After she explained it would be $350 total for the second front tire and an alignment, he started yelling loud enough for me to hear him. After several minutes he demanded to talk to the manager on her cell. It went down hill. She took the phone outside.
I rushed to the counter and asked to change the station. They gave me the remote. I switched to MSNBC. Before I left there were THREE new customers that came in to wait on work, watching MSNBC.
My tire (a nail and a stem leak) was covered by a road hazard warranty. No charge. I left smiling, feeling good about changing the channel away from Fox.
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216422421I found it odd that Omaha Skeeve felt compelled to include all the irrelevant details about the other customer's transaction. I guess he needed some filler for the story.
Of course they all hail the conquering hero's return:
Star Member SheltieLover (36,575 posts)
1. Good for you!
Star Member Wounded Bear (49,021 posts)
2. Doing good, one small step at a time...
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3. Good job!
hlthe2b (90,430 posts)
6. How could a single tire cost $350?! Even if you factor the new warranty on the covered tire,
(usually $20), balancing and discard fees, my heavens. Not to defend a Fox-cultist, but damn.
This sounds like it might have been Discount Tires (?), which has always done well by me. In fact, when I had a flat last month, they decided to cover the second tire too because it had sidewall cracks. So to replace two warranted tires, I paid $65 and those were two expensive special snow-rated all-weather radial tires that had to be ordered from a regional warehouse.
Just saying... Maybe she was charged the a'hole premium?
Why is it assumed that the lady chose what was on the TV? Most waiting rooms I've been in keep it FOX because it's a popular channel. Most clients I've ever seen just stare blankly at whatever's on, or leaf through a magazine, or play on their phones, waiting for their name to be called. Only moonbats make an issue of what's on the tube.
lagomorph777 (28,745 posts)
16. When Fux is on, assume the management are dishonest.
Honest people cannot stomach all that bullshit.
I have permanently written off tire shops for those reasons (Fux on TV AND dishonest).
