Heck guys its danged cold so why not a chuckle to warm things up. We've all had "that" customer who asks a question that makes you laugh afterwards -Hey no such thing as a dumb question but. I'll get the ball rolling. A lovely lady was walking around my yard looking at different people movers. She was quite taken by the ones with sliding doors. She then asked--Hey why hasn't this one got the auto close like the other one!Um maam --the other one is parked with the back wheels up on ramps-Its called gravity. --She NOT amused -Hubby had to walk away he was laughing so hard.
andrea_w,
Aug 17, 6:00pm
lmao Kaz! I've recommended someone upgrade their amps power cable from 8 gauge to 4 gauge. I then got asked if the battery will go flat faster cos of the extra power that will be sitting in the cable (not that he had a battery problem anyway) It's hard to come up with an answer on the spot for a question like that
pollymay,
Aug 17, 6:36pm
"I need part X for my car, do you have it!"
What kind of car!
"Oh it's a red one"
.- .
Thought that was a myth till people actually came up with that answer.
franc123,
Aug 17, 6:58pm
Often the problem with selling to people like that is that you can't know if it was an isolated blonde moment or not.Chances are if they bought it, it would then bring it back the following day demanding to know why the self closing door didn't work because "It was working fine when we tried it on the yard".
bigfatmat1,
Aug 17, 7:02pm
What was ya reply to that!
rob_man,
Aug 17, 7:46pm
I got asked to fix 'da proken cheah' ina Samoan's Mitsubishi once. Another fresh moment was 'it's cot da rust inna poot'.
aoc1,
Aug 18, 12:38am
I have had oh my cars a white one as well when i asked the make and model. I hsve been asked if we were open with me sitting in the office and both roller doors up in the middle of the day. Was tempted to say no just airing out the building.
aoc1,
Aug 18, 12:39am
I had a friend ask me to look at her car radio cause it wasn't working, turned out it wasn't switched on lol.
bjmh,
Aug 18, 5:56am
love that one,,must remember.a guy i know at Repco.had a customer ask for a turn slowly,mate was a bit perplexed until the customer showed him the radiator cap on his old car.
bill-robinson,
Aug 18, 6:00am
Had a car dealer come into a place I worked and asked if we could align one wheel with the others as he had replaced the tie rod end.The boss and I walked out, looked carefully, and both of us agreed that the wheel in question was aligned with the power pole across the road.
kellrae,
Aug 18, 11:28am
Ha done a few years back guy comes in says the cd player isnt working. he was an old boy and had never had a car with a cd player before. I went out and looked the face said that there was a cd in the player and after some looking I ejected the CD it was upside down. A small amount of questioning and He confirmed it, he had turned it over to play the other side. At least he understood when I told him what the problem was
bjmh,
Aug 18, 2:34pm
had an early settler come in ,he wanted to borrow a knife to cut some string,i gave him a stanley knife.he quizzingly looked at it.then said " er bro how you open it" obviously not a hi-jacker.
trogedon,
Aug 18, 3:25pm
When I was at high school (possibly) the prettiest blonde girl in school told some that she??
pollywoppy,
Aug 18, 6:58pm
I work at a window company - many many phonecalls of 'how much is a window' - ask what size the usual answer is ' just standard size' - how long is a piece of string.
morrisman1,
Aug 18, 6:58pm
A friend at work lent his car to his new sheila and after it happened he asked her if she noticed the temperature needle rising into the red and her reply was "oh I thought that was the fuel gauge"
I wish my fuel gauge rose as I drove!
johnf_456,
Aug 18, 7:08pm
A good read
kazbanz,
Aug 18, 7:18pm
There you go bob I've fixed that missprint for you --GWAN you asked for that
(edited due to finding the same clip with better quality)
guider1,
Aug 18, 9:34pm
I got asked for a "turn slowly" by an elderly islander man when I was working for Hyundai. A little confused I asked him to show me on his car. the radiator cap. it had turn slowly written on it.
guider1,
Aug 18, 9:36pm
SNAP!. must be common. lol.
drog,
Aug 19, 6:54am
Where isthe hoary old 710 chestnut!
roberto9,
Aug 19, 9:19am
I had an elderly lady bring her mud splattered Land rover in to fix an exhaust leak after it failed a wof. She said she would pop across the road to the shops while I fixed it. Just as she left she called out "if there's anything else you find can you do that to, and take good care of the old dog, she might need some water. Imagine my surprise when I jumped in to move it and a huge german shepherd poped up from the back seat.I wasn't sure if I was going to get eaten or it transpired licked to death.
tonylauno1,
Aug 19, 9:36am
Had a guy come to view a Honda, he said he knew a lot about cars and after a long test drive with a hot engine he was checking the engine bay and proceeded to open a hot radiator cap. Had to stop him as I didn't want to have to call him a ambulance for burns to his face and hands.
tonylauno1,
Aug 19, 9:43am
Went to the mechanic to get my differential oil changed, this was a nice place and they only service one brand of cars because they are the specialist.Differential oil is one of those items on the manufacturer service list so I ask not only to change it, but flush it. The mechanic looked at me strangely and said never done a differential flush for any car, and asked how to flush it! I said, if you do not have a flush machine then flush it manually.He asked how! So I told him to drain it, then fill it up and drain it again. If he really want to, go for a drive before draining and filling up again. Can't believe this guy didn't bring his brain to work, I guess some just don't think and when they come across something they have not done before, they rather ask than think.
thunderbolt,
Aug 19, 9:48am
How on earth would you flush a diff with a machine!
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