Oh, you lucky guy! You got one of the better FLAPS clerks. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:14 AM Subject: [F] Canadian Tire [was: seat covers]
> At 6:40 PM -0800 2/23/00, Marshall Ruskin wrote: > >Canadian Tire's web site is.....www.canadiantire.com > > > >You can sign up for eFlyer - which is your weekly "drool Sheet" - it's fun > >to read. > > > >Then forevermore, you can examine what unique products Canadians are buying > >for their "motorcars", see the price of "petrol", and check the price of > >"tyres". > > Canadian tire (TIRE, see?) is the most worthless, screwed up, pain in the > ass, incompetent store around. The only cool thing about it is Canadian > tire money--it's cool because it is mathematically impossible to spend it > all. (You always get some back with every purchase). > > I HATE having to go to Candian Tire. Let me illustrate with the following > non-exaggerated scenario: > > Buying a spark plug at Canadian Tire: > ===================================== > > You: I'd like spark plugs for my 2.1 L vanagon, please. > > CT twerp: What year? > > You: uh, 1989. > > CTT: (tapping away at keyboard...) Four cylinder? > > You: uh, Yes... > > CTT: (tappity tap tap) cargo van? > > You: Um. No. It's a westfalia. What does that have to do with anything? > > CTT: (tap tap tap tap tap tap) Sorry, we don't have "westfalia" plugs. We > only have a "camper" listed. > > You: Fine. FINE. I'll take the camper ones. > > CTT: Sure? > > You: YES! > > CTT: (tappity tap tap tap tap tap) GL? > > You: Sure... > > CTT: 3 door? > > You: Mmmhmm... > > CTT: Blue? > > You: YES! Just give me the damn plugs before I throw you outside to freeze > to death! > > CTT: I've only got the Canadian Tire "Motomaster" brand quintuple-fire > hi-performance plugs, but I'll have to order them from our Moosejaw store. > > You: Forget it. Just give me a set of wiper blades for the vanagon, then. > > CTT: (tap tap tap tap) what year? > > You: AAARRRGH!!! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada tobin.copley@ubc.ca > > '82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky") > '97 son Russell ============= > '99 daughter Margaret /_| |__| |__|:| clatter > 1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi O|. .| clatter! > 1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~ > Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango) > http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/ |
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