Are people in my generation stupid?

In the last few weeks I've had some of the worst experiences with people my age when it comes to customer know how and curtesy.

1. I go to Autozone and ask for a sealed beam square headlight, three prong. The young girl asked if I was talking about the small bulbs that you screw into the lamp assembly on the newer vehicles. I said "no, a large square sealed beam headlight for an older vehicle." She then proceeded to ask me again if I was looking for the small new style bulbs. She then needed the manager to ask what I was talking about.....opcorn:

2. I go to Napa and ask for Helicoil. The pinhead behind the counter asked what it was and then said they didn't carry something like that. Also, without a "customer voice"...just "um no...we don't have that." I then ask the manager and he asked me what size I needed.

3. Last night I go to Taco Bell. I walk up to the register and the kid behind the counter doesn't even aknowledge me and walks away as I'm going "excuse me!" in the back ground. A second pinhead comes back and just stands there and stares at me. I then finally say "I'll take a yada yada.." and he muffles my order back to me along with my total. When I said "Huh? How much?" He pointed to the little LCD screen on the back of his register with an annoyed look on his face.


WHAT IS WITH PEOPLE! They act like they don't even care about their job, the company that writes their check, or especially the customer that keeps their employer in business!

And.....if you are going to hyer somone to work at the counter of an auto parts store.....MAKE SURE THEY KNOW AT LEAST SOMETHING ABOUT AUTO PARTS! Not to mention a little bit of people skills while they are at it.

Unfortunately, these days the most important asset in an employee in jobs like these is if they can speak spanish. Not people skills, knowledge on the products being sold, or if the employee actually gives a rats azz about his/her job. I guess thats living in "Northern Mexico".......

 

"I see stupid people...
they're everywhere...
they walk around like everyone else...
they don't even know that they're dumb"

 

rotfl

 

You should have known better than to ask anyone behind the counter at Autozone anything. At the ones where I live there are only a select few that know anything there. The Taco bell one does not suprise me. The Napa one does though. Most Napa's that I have been to know how to use the book to find something and know what is where in the store.

Don't feel bad, I am 27 and I see this stuff all the time...........

 

99% of the people my age arround here are complete morons. I really wish i could kick their ass for being so stupid, but apparently thats against the law. Ive gotten in many, many arguments with parts store morons about my diesel K5, according to them it doesnt exist. ****ing idiots, makes me angry just thinking about them, and how one day the country will be in my generations hands.

 

my boat has a gm 350 in it, very standard parts, only a few things are marinized. I went in asking for sparkplugs for a 350, they wanted to know what car... :doah: finally gave them the info on my (old) truck which had the same engine, then they asked 2 or 4x4 :doah: :doah:

 

First you are just going to the wrong parts store but I bet it’s hard to find a good one. I’ve worked at a bumper to bumper for years and at our store we can find almost anything. We have great people. We make fun of the quality of staff at the other stores, especially when they call us for parts.

As for the boat thing, while all 350 Chevy’s are similar they are not all the same. I would also ask the year of the motor if some one asked me for plugs for there boat. Different heat ranges and physical plug sizes. And the four wheel drive question is a way for the computer to find out information on another part in the same category. He probably just asked the question out of habit.

I would agree that there are stupid people all over this world not just a certain generation!

 

IMO I think all parts counter persons should have at least 5 years of HANDS ON mechanical experience before they should even be considered for hiring as an employee!!!

 

THe problem there is that people with that much experience are going to get a better job than minimum wage at the local auto parts store.

 

Seems to me you might be excluding some very capable people. Maybe five years of experience should be required for people that want to buy parts. I would say that 70% of the people that come to my counter have no idea what they are doing. They walk up to the counter and expect me to be able to diagnose there car and then teach them how they are to supposed fix it. I started at the parts store at 16 and I am still working there now I am 22 Built four motors one auto trans one transfer case and done many other repairs. I knew nothing from my parents either. Just figured it out.

I am not trying to attack maybe I am just venting.

 

You make great points! I like cheep stuff, but the trade off is you have to find it yourself!

 

It's funny how you made this post Bobby because I have been thinking the same thing, but it's everbody here.

Well, I had alot more to post, but I changed my mind because I'm just getting more pissed thinking about it. SOB's

 

Bobby,

I agree with you. Being in the military and living on the base I do most of my shopping and errands here on the base. It is like a small city if you will. The thing is, most people in the military have a common respect and courtesy when dealing with you so I don't see it on a daily basis. I rarely leave the base if I don't have to.

Call it sheltered living, but it is better than the alternative. Here in Las Vegas we have more than our share of idiots working in your local everyday stores. I think it has to do a lot with the social environment you are in.

Take the town my In laws live in, Cedar City, Ut. It is a small mormon community filled with mostly good blue collar americans. Every store or restaurant you go to has friendly courteous peolpe working there. It is like an escape for me to go there, almost Mayberry in a way.

When I finally retire out of the AF I want to buy a home in a community like that and spend my weekends at the local Super Wal Mart and be happy

 

Having lived most of my life in the northern midwest, then moving to Maine 7 years ago, I have found that people are dumber in relation to a function of the importance and value of education in that state/community. The northern MW has always rated high on education, and while there were dumb people there *they are everywhere, and they breed* they were less there then in Maine. I don't know what it is about this state, but the kids can't spell, know nothing about their local/federal/international history, can't add, can't write, and if you ask them what a gerund is in the sentence "We enjoy watching Joe running" they go

Now, how frustrating is that when you work at a university rotfland they are supposed to be "smart college students" rotfl

 

Is this a test? You referenced a grammatical question about a sentance that is grammatically incorrect. It should be, "We enjoy watching Joe run." :doah:

The gerund is "watching", by the way. "Run" would be an intransitive verb, I think, but I'm a bit rusty.

 

GOLD STAR FOR YOU waytogo

 

Lucky him, I always just got red dots at school....rotfl