we're closed!....

[PawnPrincess Ardra]

AND... banging on the front door and yelling at me to open so I can do just one more pawn because you've slept all goddamn day and were too lazy to come in the 9 hours I was here and OPEN... yeah, not gonna happen. Sorry, had to vent. Why do people seem so confused when you, I don't know, WANT TO GO HOME?

[MoonCat]

Quoth protege

After one too many of those calls, I no longer answer the phone after 5. If it's that important, the caller should have called during business hours. Whatever it is, it will have to wait until morning.

Yes, one thing I learned long ago is never to answer the phone at 30 seconds to closing, or (if I still happen to be there) after we're closed. It's never anything less than a dire emergency, a screaming customer who NEEDS something done RIGHT THE HELL NOW, and the fact that their sales rep's not there, the manager left hours ago, and/or the paper went to press 8 hours ago doesn't mean squat to them.

I also don't understand people who call at 4:29 PM and want somebody to work up 15 different ad prices for them. In this town many, many offices close at 4:30, not 5. Of course, on the days I've worked a later shift, these types of idiots call in at 4:59...

[wolfie]

Quoth Argabarga

I feel your pain having had one too many of the It's-3am-and-I-need-a-tire-NOW people

Sorry, not my fault you left home at 1am with a spare that was flatter than the tire you now need replaced

Looks like you're pretty close to Milesburg, where I believe (don't have the documentation in front of me right now) there's a TA with a 24 hour tire shop/service centre. The catch is they only stock 4 sizes of tire - hope the SC has either 22 1/2" or 24 1/2" rims.

[Argabarga]

Yeah, but they NEVER break down at the T/A (Or the Flying J across the street) it's always 4 exits up the line in either Clearfield or Jersey Shore, where the towns pretty much hang a "Sorry, We're Closed" sign on the Exit ramp at about 10 pm.....

[Mytical]

Quoth Argabarga

where the towns pretty much hang a "Sorry, We're Closed" sign on the Exit ramp at about 10 pm.....

You SURE you are not in or around every town I have ever lived in? Oh wait .. you said 10pm..yeah usually 9pm in the towns I live/lived in .. never mind.

[wolfie]

Quoth Argabarga

Yeah, but they NEVER break down at the T/A (Or the Flying J across the street) it's always 4 exits up the line in either Clearfield or Jersey Shore, where the towns pretty much hang a "Sorry, We're Closed" sign on the Exit ramp at about 10 pm.....

The people you tow wouldn't be able to get repairs at the TA anyway. One time, out of curiosity, I asked at a TA in PA, and was told that (licensing issue I assume) they wouldn't touch cars, not even to patch a flat tire (pretty much the only area where cars and trucks need the same parts). From your posts, I get the impression that you drive a regular tow truck, not one of the monsters that can bring a semi to the repair shop.

[Argabarga]

Indeed, and that's another thing people don't get, there's a maximum SAFE limit to how much WEIGHT a light duty truck can haul

I can't do your 55' pusher RV, or your Tri axle, no matter how much you whinge and whine that everyone else is too expensive, because they're using heavy-duty rates, as they should

[wolfie]

Quoth Argabarga

Indeed, and that's another thing people don't get, there's a maximum SAFE limit to how much WEIGHT a light duty truck can haul

There's a maximum SAFE limit to how much weight ANY truck can haul, and I doubt if your truck is light-duty. All the ordinary (i.e. for cars) tow trucks were 250/350 (or 2500/3500) series (depending on brand). Those are class 2/class 3, which are the low end of medium duty. Light duty would be 150 (Ford) or 1500 (Dodge/GM), and I've never seen one of them set up as a tow truck.

[Argabarga]

It's considered "light duty" since it can "only" safely tow up to a F350/GM 3500 series truck, anything bigger, call someone else

And it's an F450 chassis

[Chromatix]

On the subject of flat spares... does nobody carry a pump any more?