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[hyuri]

The Perfect Customer You are 5% annoying!

Dear God! The Perfect Customer! You should be cloned! The world needs more customers like you, O Perfect One. You should start a revolution. CSRs everywhere would demand a holiday in your name or at least effigies of your likeness would appear in breakrooms around the world. You would be canonized as the Patron Saint of Customer Service Representatives and your legend would live on forever. When you look in the mirror, you see a golden aura around your shining visage. You are the kind of person that will leave your server a huge tip, even if s/he didn't deserve it. But remember: not all business people are looking out for your best interests. Stand up for your rights if you really feel you're getting the short end of the stick, but otherwise, you are the ideal. Congratulations. It must feel great to rock as much as you do. Don't forget to rate this test! Thanks!

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 18% on annoyance

Link: The Are You A Good Customer? Test written by elizaday418 on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

the available options were a little too, uh... polarized? something like that: too much of the perfect/asshole dichotomy, not much of a range.

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why is it harder to get plug wires for a ’92 Corolla than for an ’88 Grand Marquis? seriously, AutoZone was just out: one store didn’t have the wires, the other store told me that they had nothing for that model year, and that the nearest store with my wires was in San Bernardino.

on the other hand, she then called up the Kragen nearby and asked them to hold their last set for me. service above and beyond, there. ^_^

and while I’m on the subject, I really, really want to gut the people who owned/serviced my car before I got it. I mean, c’mon, if you’re going to put platinum plugs in a car, make sure they’re tightened down properly and aren’t leaking shit out of the combustion chambers! is that really so hard? and it has little benefits like preventing the plug wire boots from getting soaked in a gasoline/oil mixture which totally dries them out and destroys them.

the more I learn about this car, the more shocked I am that it runs so damned sweetly. all of the available evidence points to the CV boot we just changed being on the original, factory‐installed shaft. still otherwise perfect with almost 146,000 miles on the odometer. just utterly shocked.

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[hyuri.livejournal.com]

In many (most?) states, there’s an explicit exemption from/reduction of minimum wage laws for people who have a “reasonable expectation” of being able to make a living on tips, or something to that effect. Basically, “People give you tips, so we’re going to fuck you over in the wage laws.”

As for the cars, my dad was a mechanic for over 30 years. He’s like a walking encyclopedia of automotive knowledge. And really, the stuff I do doesn’t take a lot of knowledge, just a few key bits. Like where to scrape the grease off to find things. ^_~

Also, Haynes repair manuals? Priceless.