gale
03-20-2007, 10:27 PM
From one of the Alfa forums I frequent:
"So I call auto zone, on the very off chance they might have a fuel filter for my spider. The conversation went something like this...
The phone rings. A female voice answers. She sounds about 15 years old. "Thank you for calling Auto Zone. How can I help you today"
"Hi I'm wondering if you might have a fuel filter for a 1988 Alfa Romeo Spider?"
"I'm sorry what was the last part of what you said?"
"1988 Alfa...Romeo...Spider." I say very clearly annuciating every word.
"Who makes that car, sir?" Clearly she's never heard of it.
"Alfa Romeo. Do you want me to spell it? It starts with A-L." I say, maybe with a bit of sarcasm in my voice."
"Okay, but who is the manufacturer of that sir, is it a Ford or a Nissan or What?"
"Alfa Romeo is the manufacturer. The model of the car is spider..S-P-I-D-E-R"
"Isn't that a Mitsubishi?"
"Yes they make a car called the spyder, but it's spelled with a Y. Fiat and Ferrari and a bunch of other people make cars called spider too. It basically just means convertible, but the car I need parts for is an Alfa Romeo Spider..."
"Sir I have it right here in front of me now. Mitsubishi Spyder. You wanted a fuel pump for that right?" Damn, she's a bad listener.
"Look, no offense, but can I please just speak to somebody else who either knows something about cars or at least listens?"
Suddenly she just goes into a rant; "Sir just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I don't know anything about cars. My boyfriend is a mechanic and he's taught me about them"
"Okay, I know there are a lot of females know about cars but clearly you are not one of them, so if you have anybody working down there who has either heard of Alfa Romeo or can at least listen well enough to figure it out, can you put them on the phone? I don't really care if it's a girl or a boy or a friggin monkey..."
"Your a Fkkn ***hole!" Click... She hung up on me!
Maybe I was a little harsh, but the whole conversation struck me funny as hell. I was sitting at my desk laughing for a couple minutes after I hung up the phone."
"So I call auto zone, on the very off chance they might have a fuel filter for my spider. The conversation went something like this...
The phone rings. A female voice answers. She sounds about 15 years old. "Thank you for calling Auto Zone. How can I help you today"
"Hi I'm wondering if you might have a fuel filter for a 1988 Alfa Romeo Spider?"
"I'm sorry what was the last part of what you said?"
"1988 Alfa...Romeo...Spider." I say very clearly annuciating every word.
"Who makes that car, sir?" Clearly she's never heard of it.
"Alfa Romeo. Do you want me to spell it? It starts with A-L." I say, maybe with a bit of sarcasm in my voice."
"Okay, but who is the manufacturer of that sir, is it a Ford or a Nissan or What?"
"Alfa Romeo is the manufacturer. The model of the car is spider..S-P-I-D-E-R"
"Isn't that a Mitsubishi?"
"Yes they make a car called the spyder, but it's spelled with a Y. Fiat and Ferrari and a bunch of other people make cars called spider too. It basically just means convertible, but the car I need parts for is an Alfa Romeo Spider..."
"Sir I have it right here in front of me now. Mitsubishi Spyder. You wanted a fuel pump for that right?" Damn, she's a bad listener.
"Look, no offense, but can I please just speak to somebody else who either knows something about cars or at least listens?"
Suddenly she just goes into a rant; "Sir just because I'm a girl, doesn't mean I don't know anything about cars. My boyfriend is a mechanic and he's taught me about them"
"Okay, I know there are a lot of females know about cars but clearly you are not one of them, so if you have anybody working down there who has either heard of Alfa Romeo or can at least listen well enough to figure it out, can you put them on the phone? I don't really care if it's a girl or a boy or a friggin monkey..."
"Your a Fkkn ***hole!" Click... She hung up on me!
Maybe I was a little harsh, but the whole conversation struck me funny as hell. I was sitting at my desk laughing for a couple minutes after I hung up the phone."