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what a crappy saturday I had.
Apr. 16th, 2007 09:45 amDecided to go and get some errands run saturday. Took the Raider since the green truck's rear end is questionable and my black truck is still no power in the fuel pump department and the clue truck ate it's starter.
So we're headed down 405 to go to Sams club to renew the membership and do some grocery shopping. the rear passenger tire decided just before the S curves to lose most of it's tread :( at first I thought the tire blew, it was a real pain to control the raider and there was a very loud bang and cloud of smoke. I get pulled off on the shoulder and look and gee, most of the tread is GONE off the tire. The tire that went was a firestone tire that had been the spare but had to be put on when one of the other tires developed a leak.
anyways, I turned on th 4 way flashers and managed to limp along the shoulder (took 15+ minutes) and get toi the rainer avenue exit, all the while having idiots honk at me. I get onto the exit and I have more idiots almost hit me as I'm trying to get off the freeway and onto rainier ave so I can see about getting the flat taken care of and get the damaged tire off the car. so I have mopre idiots diving around me, or coming flying up and stomping their brakes and -just- stopping short of hitting me. needless to say by this point I'm Pissed off, what the hell ever happend to being courteous? I have my 4 ways running so they should be able to see that there is a problem. AND the damaged tire is making a HELL of a lot of noise.
as I get off onto Rainier ave, I go to move over (turning turn signal on and everything I had just turned off my 4-ways) when this asshole comes from behind me and tries to whip around me into the lane I was moving into (mind you that I was already halfway in the lane) I lost it, I was so sick and tired fo assholes at this point that I did a dumb thing, I flipped him the "bronx salute" "the bird" "indicated his IQ" (get the point, i gave him the finger). this Psycho continued to follow us screaming how he was going to "Fuck me up" for flipping him off... I ended up calling 911 and when he saw that I was on the phone he finally took off, it is not often I wish that I had a large caliber handgun, but this asshole REALLY needed removal from the gene pool.
ANyways, I get to wallys world and ask one of their service guys who are just standing around having a smoke about getting my leaky tire patched and onto my car. The ID10T just proceeds to go on and on about i should go in and pick a tire, buy it and they would install it for me no problem, all the time I'm thinking "DUH! I didn't ask about BUYING a tire I asked about getting a leaky tire fixed" I fairly politely tell him AGAIN that i'm only interested in getting the leaky tire patched and onto my car, and he just repeats about going in and buying a tire. and that since their oil change line is backed up would I please go and park my car somewhere else. I decide that they obviously didn't want my flipping business and left...
I get to Les schwab, it is now 5:00 which is the time that LS closes. I talk to a guy ourside (one of their tire techs) and he's like no problem, just park onthe side of the building and go in and tell the guy behind the counter to do the paperwork (I was expecting to pay for the flat/leaky tire fix by the way). I go in to talk to the guy behind the counter and the first thing out of his mouth is "we closed a minute ago and have an hour wait, you will be leaving it for us to fix on monday, right?" great way to show compassion asshole :( it was then that I remembered WHY I tend to steer ANYONE who asks about tires AWAY from Les Schwab, their customer dis-service attitude. I told him "No, I have to have it fixed today, thanks for your lack of help" and left.
I limp the Raider over to Firestone, I thought I remembered that they were open later on saturdays that LS and if they weren't, I could get a can fo fix-a-flat at the schucks right next door so I could limp home at least. Firestone was open (a little short-staffed) but open. The counter guy gets the leaky tire and throws some air into it and uses their water tank to find the leak. he marks it and we go in to fill out th paperwork. Even though the elaky tire wasnt a firestone tire, because the one that blew it's tread off was, he didn't charge me for the flat repair. They finished the repair at 6:30 and I figured I'd missed going to sams afterall but turned out that sams is open till 7:30 or 8 on saturdays.
so the report card for saturday's stores:
Wal Mart Tire and Lube: F
Les Scwab in Renton: F
Firestone: A
I gave the police the guys car and license plate number that was followingme and threatening me, and they said they would talk to him if they ran across him in the area.
So we're headed down 405 to go to Sams club to renew the membership and do some grocery shopping. the rear passenger tire decided just before the S curves to lose most of it's tread :( at first I thought the tire blew, it was a real pain to control the raider and there was a very loud bang and cloud of smoke. I get pulled off on the shoulder and look and gee, most of the tread is GONE off the tire. The tire that went was a firestone tire that had been the spare but had to be put on when one of the other tires developed a leak.
anyways, I turned on th 4 way flashers and managed to limp along the shoulder (took 15+ minutes) and get toi the rainer avenue exit, all the while having idiots honk at me. I get onto the exit and I have more idiots almost hit me as I'm trying to get off the freeway and onto rainier ave so I can see about getting the flat taken care of and get the damaged tire off the car. so I have mopre idiots diving around me, or coming flying up and stomping their brakes and -just- stopping short of hitting me. needless to say by this point I'm Pissed off, what the hell ever happend to being courteous? I have my 4 ways running so they should be able to see that there is a problem. AND the damaged tire is making a HELL of a lot of noise.
as I get off onto Rainier ave, I go to move over (turning turn signal on and everything I had just turned off my 4-ways) when this asshole comes from behind me and tries to whip around me into the lane I was moving into (mind you that I was already halfway in the lane) I lost it, I was so sick and tired fo assholes at this point that I did a dumb thing, I flipped him the "bronx salute" "the bird" "indicated his IQ" (get the point, i gave him the finger). this Psycho continued to follow us screaming how he was going to "Fuck me up" for flipping him off... I ended up calling 911 and when he saw that I was on the phone he finally took off, it is not often I wish that I had a large caliber handgun, but this asshole REALLY needed removal from the gene pool.
ANyways, I get to wallys world and ask one of their service guys who are just standing around having a smoke about getting my leaky tire patched and onto my car. The ID10T just proceeds to go on and on about i should go in and pick a tire, buy it and they would install it for me no problem, all the time I'm thinking "DUH! I didn't ask about BUYING a tire I asked about getting a leaky tire fixed" I fairly politely tell him AGAIN that i'm only interested in getting the leaky tire patched and onto my car, and he just repeats about going in and buying a tire. and that since their oil change line is backed up would I please go and park my car somewhere else. I decide that they obviously didn't want my flipping business and left...
I get to Les schwab, it is now 5:00 which is the time that LS closes. I talk to a guy ourside (one of their tire techs) and he's like no problem, just park onthe side of the building and go in and tell the guy behind the counter to do the paperwork (I was expecting to pay for the flat/leaky tire fix by the way). I go in to talk to the guy behind the counter and the first thing out of his mouth is "we closed a minute ago and have an hour wait, you will be leaving it for us to fix on monday, right?" great way to show compassion asshole :( it was then that I remembered WHY I tend to steer ANYONE who asks about tires AWAY from Les Schwab, their customer dis-service attitude. I told him "No, I have to have it fixed today, thanks for your lack of help" and left.
I limp the Raider over to Firestone, I thought I remembered that they were open later on saturdays that LS and if they weren't, I could get a can fo fix-a-flat at the schucks right next door so I could limp home at least. Firestone was open (a little short-staffed) but open. The counter guy gets the leaky tire and throws some air into it and uses their water tank to find the leak. he marks it and we go in to fill out th paperwork. Even though the elaky tire wasnt a firestone tire, because the one that blew it's tread off was, he didn't charge me for the flat repair. They finished the repair at 6:30 and I figured I'd missed going to sams afterall but turned out that sams is open till 7:30 or 8 on saturdays.
so the report card for saturday's stores:
Wal Mart Tire and Lube: F
Les Scwab in Renton: F
Firestone: A
I gave the police the guys car and license plate number that was followingme and threatening me, and they said they would talk to him if they ran across him in the area.
