Thursday, October 13, 2011

Are you serious?!

So, no pictures to go with this post, just a story from work that will leave you asking, "Are you serious?" For those of you who didn't know, I have a degree in Automotive Technology. Lamens terms, Auto Mechanic. I work at a shop in Lehi fixing cars for a living. Yes, I love my job. Anyway, we had a customer come in for a state safety inspection on his Cushman Scooter. Now I will warn you this customer is a bit weird. He wears a french barret. He is older with long greasy salt and pepper hair and over weight. Not a pretty man by any means. Anyway it was a bit hot that day and apparently he needed a drink of water. We happen to have a water cooler in our office but happened to be out of cups. He proceeded to come into the shop and ask if I had any cups laying around. I politely told him, "Sorry, I don't." He then asked for an empty oil bottle. I thought that was kind of strange. He found one and proceeded to tell me he was so thirsty he was going to rinse it out and use that to get a drink. By now another customer that was in the shop had heard the conversation and was looking at me like, is this guy for real? The customer proceeded to go over to a water tap that we have inside the shop and give the bottle a quick rinse out, then went into the office to fill his container of choice with the cold water from the water cooler because apparently the water from the tap wasn't good enough for his oil bottle. He placed the plastic transmission fluid bottle to his mouth and DRANK from the bottle. You read correctly drank!! I think my eyes were as big a silver dollars as I watched this bonehead swig down the entire bottle. He then screwed the cap back on and tucked it under his arm as if he was going to take it home like a souvenier cup from your favorite restaraunt. By now his safety inspection was done and it was time to pay for our services. He reached for his wallet then commented on how he should have washed his hands before he handed me his sweaty money. I thought to myself, "Really, you just drank from an oil bottle and you are concerned with your hands being dirty?!" The icing on the cake was when he went out, climbed on his scooter and lit a cigarette. I thought as he was driving away, I'll be reading his obituary within the next couple of days. Dead from transmission oil poisoning! Just when you think you've seen it all, someone surprises you and drinks from an oil bottle. So next time you need a drink, think of how lucky you are to be drinking from a glass and not a used oil bottle!

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