The stupidity of people amazes me

Alyssa

Alyssa

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I called the Service Writer at my mother's LR dealership today because he was giving her a hard time. She has an LR3, and one of the reasons she was in was because she had a flat tire. She's got Tire Care, which is a Land Rover/Primus product, so it should have been covered 100%. He had no clue what she was talking about. He also told her that he couldn't find her contract in the glovebox. When I called him to give him the contract number, 800 number, etc..., I said, "This is all in the paperwork in her glovebox." He said, "I looked in there, but there was just a bunch of napkins and candy in there." I said, "Did you look in BOTH gloveboxes?" He said, and I swear to God this is what he said, "There are two gloveboxes?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????? How can you possibly get to work at LR, or even have the capability of pulling your shirt over your head to get dressed in the morning if you can't look at an LR3 dash and see that there are 2 gloveboxes stacked right on top of each other? After he, surprise, found the contract, he told my mom that the contract covered metal objects, and since she had a NAIL in her tire, it wasn't covered. WHAT THE HELL IS A NAIL, IF IT ISN'T A METAL OBJECT? He wouldn't even call the 800# since he was so sure of his interpretation of the contract.


Oh, and I went to McDonalds today, and the entrance door said push when you had to pull and vice versa. And it wasn't a sticker, it was a brass door pull with the words etched into the handle. Of course, at first, I thought I was the idiot who couldn't read a door handle. MAN people are stupid.

Rant over.
 
ptschram

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Alyssa:
It is stories like this that make me wonder who I pissed off to get fired from Land Rover PDX.

I saw Service Advisors swear at clients, call them names and boldly lie to clients. To top things off, none of the service advisors would ever drive their own vehicles except me. You should have seen them scrambling for a truck at quitting time, and then whine that there wasn't enough fuel in them and they would have to pay for their own fuel. Oh yeah, don't even consider giving a service advisor a Freelander, they all DEMANDED LR3s.

As much trouble as they caused me, I still am amazed at the treatment.


PT
 
sean

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the new manager at the local dealer looked at disconomads snorkel then asked why he put his exaust there. his reply was that the manager should learn something about rovers if he was going to work there.
 
maxyedor

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Alyssa, that is not a pair of glove boxes, one is for socks, one is for gloves, and that bin in the middle is handy for stowing a pair of boxer shorts, or frilly lace skivies, whatever floats your boat. Was it a plastic nail by chance?

All kidding aside

My local LR dealer has a great service dept. and they are all really freindly guys, sorry to here some dealerships are full of jackasses. I have delt with asshole sale people at a LR dealership before, needless to say I don't go to that one anymore, and have helped several people buy their cars elsewhere.

But in general there are some real idiots that walk among us.
 
garrett

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and door pulls should always be strictly for PULL and flat door push plates should be for PUSH. i never understood why interiors people get this straight 1/2 the time. it annoys the shit out of me.
alyssa you might want to consider driving to the dealer and slapping him around a bit.
 
LR Max

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Yep! Welcome to the world!

I will make one suggestion on flat tires. I HIGHLY recommend the procurement of the Safety Seal tire kit. I've got one and spending 5 minutes to plug a tire is a lot less hassle than having someone plug it for you.
 
Gonzo

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Like I said in the past " Some people should not be allowed to breed" all they'll do is spread their seed and make a whole new generation of morons. It's a never ending cycle.
 
Alyssa

Alyssa

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Well, since I'm in PA, and my mom is in FL, I think it might be a little excessive to drive down there to slap him around. :) Why do you think my mom isn't using my dealer?

My mom is not the kind of person who would put safety seal, a plug, or anything else in her tire. She's not the most mechanically inclined person. Plus, Safety seal in a new LR3 is going to open up a whole host of other warranty problems, especially with the tire warranties!!
 
benlittle

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When I was looking for my Disco II, I went to both LR of Centerville and LR American Fork and had 3 arguments with 3 different sales ASS HATS about the color of the disco II wanted. I told them I was looking for a 99 Discovery II in RED. Bright RED. They all told me up and down, LR never, NEVER made a bright RED Discovery II.

I told them my neighbor had one but they said it must be a Discovery I.


Now, am I color blind or is my DISCO II bright fuckin RED???:flipoff4:
 

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DannyDisco

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I had two Bill Engval style ones yesterday.

1) Decided to rinse my truck off at a local carwash after playing in the mud puddles Alberto left in the national forest. My truck was literally covered in mud/wet sand with the exception of the front windshield. Guy in the wash lane next to me asks, "So do you offroad that thing any?"

2) After my Intro to EE class ended I walked out of the classroom and was a total of 10feet from the classroom door when a kid in the class who had just showed up asked, "Did you go to class today?"
 
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