Customers and the funny things they say

i work in a small mom and pop type auto shop and one day after i had just started a man called me and said his tail pipe was over heating, when i ask him what made him think that he said was putting gas in his car and it looked hot. he never came by for us to check it though, i was dissapointed.

also a lady came by and said we meesed up her brakes because when she washed her car (after driving it to the car wash) her brakes steamed when they got wet.

I got a couple.

Years ago....did a deck and two on this guys car...can't remember what kind of car it was, but had to take alot of the dash apart. Every piece of the dash i took apart, he took into the bathroom and ran it under the sink to clean it up.....needless to say, what would of taken 45 minutes now became 2 hours. The worst part was, after i got him out of there. Went into the bathroom......there was water all over the place, he had used paper towels to wipe the parts, and then tried to flush them.

Did a deck and amp for a stripper once....opened her trunk up and found a carton of douche.....the box was bigger than her sub box.....she must of been taking on some side jobs.

And i'm sure alot of installers have run across this.....reach under the seat, and next thing you know, your hand is on a pistol.....oh, i hated that, used to put the car back together and boot em out the shop.

First off....that's why i said alot of people have run across this.....second, what difference does the state i live in make....i expect a customer to tell me if there is a gun in the vehicle. It's just common sense and courtesy. I know AZ is lax on there gunlaws, i used to live in Phoenix.....but i just like to know if there is a gun in the vehicle.

The all time best, that sends a shiver down my spine is when a customer says:  "All you gotta do..." , because my job is soooo much easier when your brother/uncle's/next door neighbor's friend started the install.

do yall do installment? {installation}

damn yall be taxin.

I got a friend that does this.{installs car electronics}

customer: I need you to check my ____,

me: do you have a receipt?

customer: go to customer service and get it printed.

customer: i did she said it okay for you to look at it.

me:  i'm the manager and im not looking without a receipt.

customer: Just come look at it for me.

me:No

customer leaves, peels out all wized of because i wont look at what he did.