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My manly brain farts strike again.

Rags's picture

Submitted by Rags on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 4:30pm

Fool

My bride asked me to get new wipers for her car and fill up her washer fluid with bug guts cleaning washer fluid.

Done!. I'm the man!  Woo hoo.

Now for the brain fart.

I pulled into the Auto Parts store for the blades and washer fluid.  The kid behind the counter pulled up the part numbers for the blades.  I payed and carried the washer fluid out while the young man remived and replaced the blades.

It turned out the the computer was wrong and the kid had to run inside to get the correct blade for the driver side.

So, I popped open the hood to fill the washer fluid reservoir.  When I lifted the hood there was a resounding CRACK! Just as the kid walked outside with the correct blade. 
 

As I opened the hood The spring loaded steel washer bar, without the rubber blade on it,  slammed into the glass chipping it.  That poor kid started apologizing.  He felt so bad.

I assured him that it was entirely due to my brain fart and he had nothing to be sorry for  or to feel bad about.

I tipped the kid for installing the wipers for me and headed to the chip repair place.  In the 10mins it took to drive to the chip repair place I watched a crack run from the bottom of the windshield about half way to the top.

So, I Schmoogled Safelite near me and am waiting for my brides new windshield to be installed.

A $500 deductible later.....

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MissK03's picture

Submitted by MissK03 on Fri, 04/30/2021 - 4:45pm

This is going to be a personal statement. Don't shop at o'reilly's. My father got a hired as a store manager/distribution store and a few months in got diagnosed with cancer. 
 

He was out on leave and a fax got screwed up and the "let him go" because of it. He now has better job so it worked in the long run but, it was an awful thing to do. 

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Submitted by KC is not the s... on Sat, 05/01/2021 - 8:44pm

Last winter we had an unusual freeze.  My windshield was frozen solid and I was warming up the defroster.  DH grabbed a hose and I yelled out "No! Don't!" He sprayed it anyway and cracked it all the way across.  He said he heard me say no but he's done it dozens of times before and thought it would be fine. But he did get it replaced by a glass guy he knows for $250, left the insurance out of it. :)

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Submitted by Rags on Sun, 05/02/2021 - 12:15pm

My amazing bride just shook her head and laughed.  The next AM I left for my 1500 mile road trip to Las Vegas.  I start my next career tomorrow AM.

My parting gift to her was the laugh I guess.  Anything to hear her laugh.

smh