Advanced auto parts vent session...
 

Went to pick up a bottle Of Techron for the whip today and i was in there for 25 mins because the old dude kept fuckin up the customer in front of me trying I buy his alternator... And then he spent 10 mins trying to convince me to buy something else instead of what I wanted. Damnit shit fuck!!

Do you guys have a local parts store you use for quick stuff or are we stuck goIng to these shit house places??

i work at a parts store. thank god we dont have much retail customers coming in.

I usually find my experiences at advanced to be very similar. Theres alot of kids who work there who think they know everything and anything. I replaced the water pump on my old dodge, and I broke the coolant hose going from the top of the WP into the intake, I told the kid what I needed, and he looked at me and said: "Nope thats wrong, there shouldnt be coolant flowing into your intake, only air should be going into your intake." So I just shook my head and left, I have many more horror stories haha.

I just tell them Im a ASE mechanic, they shut up and do their job then :)

heres what I do.
I go online to their site and grab all the part numbers I need for the vehicle im working on.
Give to the counter person and say I need these parts!
If he starts by what vehicle and year say INEED THESE PARTS!!!!!
then he will look em up.
yeah ya gotta do part of their job and i wouldn expect anyone to know anything about cars ect in any of the chain parts stores.
WTF is a WHIP??????
you sound like an advance autoparts counter kid!!!!!!

Haha I'm apologize if you had met me in person you'd notice that I say whip in a mocking tone of the kid behind the counter. It doesn't work well with typed words.

Yea man. I understand that people suck but if someone comes in I'm sure you give them proper info. The problem here is we have UTI kids because the school is in Norwood... They flaunt their jackets and Id badges and they try to tell you what's up because they're "mechanics".

So now I do a drive by and it there's any vehicle with a 4+ inch fart can and spray painted wheels I drive on haha.

The guy who had my car prior put an ss hood on it and 10 spokes and ss badges I went in there when I first got it to get some cleaning supplies and wipers ect and te kid asked the year. I told him a 1995 and he's like "that was the best year ss..." I laughed shook my head and moved along. You cant fix stupid.

in out district of store i think i am the youngest counter person. We are owned by Advance but out do them in every way. I laugh when they call us and try to order something off us. They have no idea.

Now i have a story about the Zone. My elec wp shit the bed so i needed to throw the stock one back on. I go to the Zone to get some WP gaskets. They had to get them from another store NP. i go back and the pregnant lady behind the count argued with me for 20 mins while her employee was ringing me out about the gaskets being wrong. They couldn't be wp gaskets she claimed. Then proceeded to show her the felpro gasket which right on the package said what it was and fit. You have morons everywhere.

ive never had an issue at the advance near me. most of the time i just walk behind the counter type in the parts i need go out back grab em then just ask some one to cash me out.

Well aren't you just a special Georgia peach!!!