Thursday morning microtransmission
Jun. 12th, 2008 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguyI am looking forward to the day that stereo shops give away HD tvs in order to encourage sound system sales. Mark my words!
Feeling like I got a bit ripped off this morning at the dealership. Supercar's driver side headlight had burned out a while back, so I called and asked for an appointment. Hey, no problem, said my service rep, the parts department can do that for you!
Wow, I said, that's awesome! The parts department can do the surely arduous task of replacing the bulb, which will definitely involve removing the front panel of the car to get access to the headlight casing! That's awesome!
So I go there and pay my $15 for a bulb and $25 for the installation. What a reasonable cost!
So the repair guy comes out, wearing these blue gloves that momentarily make me fear for my life and the life of my psychic sister I've got in a box, until I realize I'm not the doctor on Firefly.
The replacement act takes three minutes, tops. TOPS. In fact, watching it made me angry, as I'm pretty sure they've ripped me off for a few hundred bucks by charging for a minimum time every other time I've needed to have a fucking headlight bulb replaced. And the Smart, for all its awesomeness, tends to go through headlight bulbs aggressively.
Feh.
So, yes. Game tonight (hopefully) and shwarma or roti.
Feeling like I got a bit ripped off this morning at the dealership. Supercar's driver side headlight had burned out a while back, so I called and asked for an appointment. Hey, no problem, said my service rep, the parts department can do that for you!
Wow, I said, that's awesome! The parts department can do the surely arduous task of replacing the bulb, which will definitely involve removing the front panel of the car to get access to the headlight casing! That's awesome!
So I go there and pay my $15 for a bulb and $25 for the installation. What a reasonable cost!
So the repair guy comes out, wearing these blue gloves that momentarily make me fear for my life and the life of my psychic sister I've got in a box, until I realize I'm not the doctor on Firefly.
The replacement act takes three minutes, tops. TOPS. In fact, watching it made me angry, as I'm pretty sure they've ripped me off for a few hundred bucks by charging for a minimum time every other time I've needed to have a fucking headlight bulb replaced. And the Smart, for all its awesomeness, tends to go through headlight bulbs aggressively.
Feh.
So, yes. Game tonight (hopefully) and shwarma or roti.
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Date: 2008-06-12 06:18 pm (UTC)Rubber gloves I will have to remember though.
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Date: 2008-06-12 07:15 pm (UTC)Orillia is not noted as a den of multiculturalism....
why we just got an east indian take out joint in town......
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Date: 2008-06-12 08:25 pm (UTC)It was a tail light bulb too.
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Date: 2008-06-12 08:28 pm (UTC)