- Oct 9, 1999
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I can't change my oil since there parking lot is frozen over and it's five below outside . . . so, I buy my usual filter and case of oil, and go to Wally World.
On the bright side, they only charged me six bucks to change my oil and filter. On the bad side they were so backed up it took them over an hour and a half to get to it. No big deal, I walked around and looked at movies and CDs.
But what really ticks me off is this - I get in my car after paying the bill, and glance over and see the case of oil sitting in my passenger seat. Hmm, okay, what's this? I grab it, and one of the quarts is still in there. It's half-full. What the heck? My car uses six quarts of oil; that's what the owner's manual says, so that's what goes in there. So I get out, pop the hood, and pour the rest of the oil in.
But it's bugging me, so I go inside and talk to somebody. "How come you only used five and half quarts of oil in my car? It calls for six?"
He scratches his head for a minute, looks around, talks to a few people, and finally decides, "The computer says it only takes 5.5."
Umm, well, I don't know about that . . . why would their computer tell them 5.5 when the vehicle's owner's manual says six? No big deal, I realize I'm being totally anal, but still . . . it made me so paranoid I even popped the hood to make sure they'd put my filter on.
<sigh>
Thanks, just needed to vent. Half-assed rant, but I feel better.
I can't change my oil since there parking lot is frozen over and it's five below outside . . . so, I buy my usual filter and case of oil, and go to Wally World.
On the bright side, they only charged me six bucks to change my oil and filter. On the bad side they were so backed up it took them over an hour and a half to get to it. No big deal, I walked around and looked at movies and CDs.
But what really ticks me off is this - I get in my car after paying the bill, and glance over and see the case of oil sitting in my passenger seat. Hmm, okay, what's this? I grab it, and one of the quarts is still in there. It's half-full. What the heck? My car uses six quarts of oil; that's what the owner's manual says, so that's what goes in there. So I get out, pop the hood, and pour the rest of the oil in.
But it's bugging me, so I go inside and talk to somebody. "How come you only used five and half quarts of oil in my car? It calls for six?"
He scratches his head for a minute, looks around, talks to a few people, and finally decides, "The computer says it only takes 5.5."
Umm, well, I don't know about that . . . why would their computer tell them 5.5 when the vehicle's owner's manual says six? No big deal, I realize I'm being totally anal, but still . . . it made me so paranoid I even popped the hood to make sure they'd put my filter on.
<sigh>
Thanks, just needed to vent. Half-assed rant, but I feel better.
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