I went to Walmart after work today to find a decent HDEO for my new riding mower. I usually spend an inordinate amount of of time in the oil aisle when I'm there, but today was actually pretty brief.
Almost immediately some fellow comes up to me and ask if the bottle of Gumout Regane fuel cleaner he's holding is okay to use in an gas engine. Don't have time to talk as I'm already late, so I give him a quick yes. I thought to myself, probably some guy who thinks it's magic in a bottle that will fix whatever problem he has.
I walk around a bit looking at too many oil bottles and price checking a few (found some Pennzoil Platinum Euro 0w-40, NON-SRT version which I'd never known existed on closeout for $3.00 FWIW). Then another guy walks up to me and asks which Motorcraft diesel oil would be best for his Powerstroke-- 10w-30 or 15w-40. I spent a couple minutes explaining the two, which I also didn't have time for, but it's hard to pass up a conversation on motor oil, especially with someone willing to learn.
Not 30 seconds later, some guy approaches me with a heavy Spanish/Mexican accent, uttered three or four words that I found impossible to understand. After 3 "what's?" I realize he's asking me if I work there.
Then it dawns on me-- I'm in the motor oil aisle, right next to the tire and lube shop, wearing a blue uniform with my name embroidered on one side, and of course my company's logo on the other-- Cundiff Steel Fabricators; they must have missed that. I fabricate steel, but I see how I could look like a Tire & lube mechanic at quick glance after a day's work in a plain blue uniform.
Long story short, I bet a real mechanic looking for business could walk the aisles for a while and really drum up some business!
Almost immediately some fellow comes up to me and ask if the bottle of Gumout Regane fuel cleaner he's holding is okay to use in an gas engine. Don't have time to talk as I'm already late, so I give him a quick yes. I thought to myself, probably some guy who thinks it's magic in a bottle that will fix whatever problem he has.
I walk around a bit looking at too many oil bottles and price checking a few (found some Pennzoil Platinum Euro 0w-40, NON-SRT version which I'd never known existed on closeout for $3.00 FWIW). Then another guy walks up to me and asks which Motorcraft diesel oil would be best for his Powerstroke-- 10w-30 or 15w-40. I spent a couple minutes explaining the two, which I also didn't have time for, but it's hard to pass up a conversation on motor oil, especially with someone willing to learn.
Not 30 seconds later, some guy approaches me with a heavy Spanish/Mexican accent, uttered three or four words that I found impossible to understand. After 3 "what's?" I realize he's asking me if I work there.
Then it dawns on me-- I'm in the motor oil aisle, right next to the tire and lube shop, wearing a blue uniform with my name embroidered on one side, and of course my company's logo on the other-- Cundiff Steel Fabricators; they must have missed that. I fabricate steel, but I see how I could look like a Tire & lube mechanic at quick glance after a day's work in a plain blue uniform.
Long story short, I bet a real mechanic looking for business could walk the aisles for a while and really drum up some business!
