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Momentary mumble.
I would have acted like it was a bad connection, Hello? Hello? and then hang up. If she called back do the same thing.
David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
I kind of suprised myself by that as well, I was just so shocked a woman would curse me for something like that...
Nothing turns me off faster than a woman that is this selfish, or could curse me like that...
David
>
> From: "Denny Maula"
> Date: 2004/11/18 Thu PM 01:53:26 EST
> To: "Tonee Northam"
, ,
> "Dan Bubb" ,
> Subject: RE: Re: Momentary mumble.
>
> Wow.. That's really patient. I don't think I could have dealt with the
> situation like that.
>
> Some people just don't realize.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tonee Northam [mailto:pb3vr6@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:50 AM
> To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net; Dan Bubb; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Re: Momentary mumble.
>
>
> They screwed up their own car and blamed you?
>
> You should have told them that the red stuff goes in honda's and that
> they need to go buy one to put it in, and to quit killing off vw's.
>
> David Utley wrote:
> While not as labor intensive a job, you sound like me here at my job...
>
> A lady called last week and said, "I have a 96 Jetta, and we just put
> some P/S fluid in it, and it is still moaning... How much is a pump?" I
> replied, "Well, what kind of P/S fluid did you put in?" She asks her
> boyfriend, "Lucas." "I'm sorry, I should say what color..." She asks
> again, "Red"... "Okay," I replied, "that is the cause for the whine
> there. You need to use the green P/S fluid we sell here- "Listen, will
> you just tell me the fucking price of the goddamned P/S pump?! Every
> time I call you fucking people, you tell me I put the wrong fucking
> color this or that in it. Just tell me the price of the fuking pump!"
> Now I am suprised I did not hang up on her, or scream back. Instead I
> said, "Ma'am, you do realize that I am on the learning curve with this,
> don't you? And you also realize that I am trying to help you?" "Just
> tell me the price of---" "Alright, hold on..." Boyfriend comes on the
> phone, sounds like a real mouth-breather, "Yeah, how much is the pump?"
> He mutters!
> in
> between exchanges..."Hold on sport." Here is where poetic justice comes
> in. "Yes, that pump is 438.62, exhchange..." "438.62? Okay, thanks.."
>
> I can't ever remember bitching someone out that I did not know, ever.
> And unfortunately it happens about once every two weeks here...
>
> David <------ Suffering burnout
> >
> > From: "Dan Bubb"
> > Date: 2004/11/18 Thu AM 08:02:48 EST
> > To: ,
> > Subject: Re: Momentary mumble.
> >
> > Obviously not.
> > Either it was somebody in a difficult situation where a little help
> > could go a long way or it was somebody that had some performance plans
>
> > that would not be realized without my help (typically due to financial
>
> > issues) and I had a technical interest in participating in the
> > performance upgrade. (or just convinced myself that it was a really
> > easy job that could be done so quickly it didn't matter!) In most
> > cases the owner participated, either a lot or a little. Doesn't mean
> > it hasn't been a lot of work. Just means that in general, I'm a
> > sucker. Somebody needs it and I pretty much have the means to do it.
> > In the end when everybody drives their car away, I'm not sure that all
>
> > the work has benefited me very much.
> >
> >
> > From: "David Utley"
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re: Momentary mumble.
> >
> >
> > > So, they held you up gunpoint for you to work on them, hmmm? ;-)
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > > From: "Dan Bubb"
> > > > Date: 2004/11/17 Wed PM 03:59:00 EST
> > > > To: "Neptuno" , "Rhett Farnum"
> > > > , "Matthew H."
> > > > CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Momentary mumble.
> > > >
> > > > Oh you poor guys! Can't wait to get another Scirocco?
> > > > I am so goddamned sick of these phucking cars!
> > > > All I've done for the last 2 and a half years is work on
> > > > Sciroccos. Work at work, work on
> > Sciroccos!
> > > > 2 engine swaps, two turbo installs, 3 engine management
> > > > installations, cut up two wrecked or
> > rusted
> > > > shells, resurrected a Piece-o-crap that should have hit the
> > > > junkyard, at least 6 tranny rebuilds
> > + 4
> > > > LSD installations not to mention all the brake and suspension
> > > > work! And out of all that work
> > only
> > > > the Piece-o-crap belongs to me!
> > > > My ass is tired! My brain is ready to melt!
> > > > Eff it!
> > > > Good old Dan
> >
> >
> >
>
> Chrome may make it bling, but it don't make the engine sing...
>
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