The great thing about these hammerhead counter staff is the endless fun you can have with them, because they know nothing about cars... Ask 'em for a heater core for a '64 VW Beetle, anything at all for an '83 Corvette, or piston return springs for the application of your choice and you'll stump 'em nearly every time.
I had one of the poor bastards at an Advance store trying desperately to find a thermostat for a '95 Porsche 911. He called other stores. He called corporate. He called their thermostat manufacturer. Not one person to whom he spoke knew that 911s were air-cooled (or they knew the joke and wouldn't tell him). I called for something else like six hours later and he got on the phone, absolutely exasperated. I thought he had to have figured it out by then, but no. Man, was he irate when I let him in on it.
I had one of the poor bastards at an Advance store trying desperately to find a thermostat for a '95 Porsche 911. He called other stores. He called corporate. He called their thermostat manufacturer. Not one person to whom he spoke knew that 911s were air-cooled (or they knew the joke and wouldn't tell him). I called for something else like six hours later and he got on the phone, absolutely exasperated. I thought he had to have figured it out by then, but no. Man, was he irate when I let him in on it.
