well how about this dude, they dont need to be able to tell the time in Halfords either. I went in at 1650hrs (thats ten to five if you happen to work in Halfords), looking for oil to top up the skoda. now the one and only reason for this was that its Sunday and i was considering a drive into town tonight. its about 40 miles round trip, and i noticed she's a little near to the min mark again (apparently a litre every 3 months is normal!)
Anyway, after looking over the poor choice of expensive oils they had, i had a quick gander at the petrol oils, just to compare prices, and to see if maybe it was just diesel oils they had a shortage of. A wee bam came up, and said 'do you need a hand'
so i replied 'no'
'well its just that we're shut now. we closed at 5' he tells me
so i put the bottle of oil back on the shelf and walk to the front door without saying a word. Of course its locked, so i have to stand like a twit and wait for someone to unlock the door. I'm parked about 6 spaces from the front door, so imagine my total rage when i looked at the clock and it said 16:56 (thats 4 minutes before closing time to Mr Halfords employee of the month). This was made worse by the fact that when i checked that against my phone, it said 16:55 (and thats 5 minutes before closing time to Mr Halfords employee of the month) I was so fookin angry at basically being told to leave, and that i wasn't welcome that i didn't go back, because i'd probably have headbutted that guy if he came too close!
Needless to say i'll be in tomorrow seeing as its my day off to have a word with someone.
So, dont stand there Mr motor-Halfords-world and get all fookin righteous. We have every right to complain about shoddy service on a public forum, especially considering the ludicrously exorbitant prices they charge (at Halfords in particular). And the reason their customers seem to think they know more, is because half the time they DO! simple fact.
Rant over.
@Mr Halfords employee of the month; you are welcome anytime to continue this discussion by email, and prove to me that you know more about cars than me. I dont know a lot, but in my and many others' experience, that makes me way overqualified for working at Halfords.
Buzz
The champion of the Bravo 1.4 & now ex owner of a Bravo 1.8
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