I called the local Ford dealer to get a quote on a rebuilt engine for my truck, and found out how damn incompetent they’ve become in the last couple years. I had a piece of shit Escort GT that I was always having problems with, so I was in there a lot, and there was this guy named Jared that worked there who was a badass. He was only a couple years older than me, and he was always honest with me. He even let me borrow tools from there a couple times.
He hasn’t worked there for a couple of years, and they’ve only gone downhill since then. I had called last Wednesday to get a price quote, and was told I’d get a call back. When Monday rolled around and I hadn’t gotten a call, I called them back to see what was up. Some woman answered, and said she’d find out who took my call the previous week, then put me on hold. Then some other woman got on and asked if she could help me. I explained that somebody was already helping me on a quote for a rebuilt engine. She started rambling off about a quote on an engine she had given somebody a week earlier. I asked how this was relevant to me, since I almost certainly had a different engine than whoever the hell she was talking about. She put me on hold again for just a sec, then got back on and was like, “Um…well…hmm…there doesn’t seem to be anybody here that can give you a quote right now. Can you call back later?” For some reason, I got extremely pissed off just then. I started yelling at her, saying, “You guys are a bunch of fucking idiots!” and stuff like that. She just hung up on me. I usually don’t get that pissed of, but I just snapped. I guess they didn’t want my business that bad anyway…