The Two Hour Oil Change and the Nerd Test

[kybearfuzz]

Last night was a real treat (insert sarcasm). Because I have been working late this week, I hadn't had a chance to get the oil changed in my car. So last night, after realizing I had gone 600 miles over the recommended 3,000 miles, I decided to stop and get it changed. Wal-Mart was there, it's relatively inexpensive, and I needed groceries. I dropped off my keys and saw the young, pretty lady who would be changing my oil. Sexist as it may sound, I have never seen a woman working at an oil change place. I was impressed and she was incredibly nice.

So after getting some groceries in the shopping cart, I was getting increasingly annoyed by the holiday shoppers mixed in with the "OMG! We have snow coming! Horde milk, bread, and toilet paper!" people. They act like they're afraid they'll have to see which of their children they'll have to eat if they don't load up. If the Bradys had acted like this, I'm pretty sure Jan would be gone. All the bad stuff happened to Jan.

I kept checking on my car and checking and checking, and having to put the ice cream back because it was melting.... and checking. It seems the oil change/automotive department was running behind due to the volume of people needing oil changes.

Finally, after paying for my groceries, I wheeled them to the back and found my car was done and a line of 15 people wanting service there. Apparently some rich bitch was giving the teenage cashier there hell for her long wait. Like the rest of us hadn't waited there too! So finally, the young lady who changed my oil came in and got the customers who were there for pick up and handed out our keys. She apologized to me for not changing the bulb in a back light, which I thought was nice of her. It took two hours, but I got the oil change and happily went home.

And as for being a nerd...



I thought I would score higher.

Comments

[mississippicub.livejournal.com]

wow 2 hours is a short trip for walmart... I am usually in the checkout line for at least 20 to 30 minutes

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Well, the Super Wal-Mart we have here has those self checkouts, which if you manage to get into, it's not so bad.

[baeritone.livejournal.com]

Loverly.

(http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php?im)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I think if they factored in my comic book collect and Star Trek DVD's I'd rank higher.

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

Your OMG! We have snow coming! Horde milk, bread, and toilet paper!" people sound just like our "OMG hurricane's coming people. Any store over here is just crazy, so I understand what you went through.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Well, it's understandable in the hurricane sense, in my opinion, because services could be down for quite a while. Snowstorms here though are rarely that severe.

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

Yeah but they get that way when it's still out in the Atlantic, and the weathermen forcast that it might hit Texas.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Ah, nothing like pre-hurricane/storm panic, I'm sure ;)

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

oh yeah it's a blast a minute let me tell you LOL

[mikiedoggie.livejournal.com]

Do you guys not get much snow? I mean, its only supposed to be 3-6 inches. That's not really that much. I may change my tune tonight on the drive down, of course. LOL.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL! 3-6 inches is fairly significant to folks down here, but not anything we've not seen before :)

...and I'll listen to your driving horror story when you get here :)

[mikiedoggie.livejournal.com]

I may end up being quite tense from the drive down. Please have a hot bath and the massaging oils ready upon my arrival!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

How about I hose you off in the front yard and then dump Wesson oil on your head? It's practically the same thing :D

[mikiedoggie.livejournal.com]

Its like you can read my mind!

Okay, I'm leaving the office now. Heh.

Wow ...

[sweetjimmyto.livejournal.com]

It's as if we planned to get oil, lube and filter changed on the same day.
Creepy.

Re: Wow ...

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Perhaps we are part of some greater consciousness...

.. that's an icky feeling ... :P

Re: Wow ...

[sweetjimmyto.livejournal.com]

thanks

Re: Wow ...

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL! I mean me and all of the people at Wal-Mart, not you and me.. sorry :)

[shimbexprovides.livejournal.com]

You only had to wait 2 hours? They generally take at least 2 1/2 when they do mine there.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Does it really? Any other place I've ever been it's taken 15-20 minutes tops!

[shimbexprovides.livejournal.com]

It seems to be localized to the Super Wal-Mart here. The others only take about 30.