Nuts!

[jwgh]

After making two posts about pants last week, I think it is only fair that I make at least two posts about lug nuts this week, since lug nuts are even more exciting than pants! In many cases! Maybe!

Anyway, I went back to the tire warehouse during lunch break today.

Tire Warehouse Guy #1: Hi, what can we do for you today?
Me: I need a lug nut. I've currently only got three on the tire I got here yesterday.
[Tire Warehouse Guy #1's cordless phone rings. He answers it and wanders outside. There is a short delay. One of the other tire warehouse guys finishes dealing with another customer and turns to me.]
Tire Warehouse Guy #2: Hi, how can I help you?
Me: I'm down a lug nut on one of my tires.
Tire Warehouse Guy #2: OK, just a sec.
[He disappears into another room, from which Tire Warehouse Guy #3 emerges after a short while.]
Tire Warehouse guy #3: What do you need?
Me: [getting a bit frustrated] Lug! Nut!

He determined the size of the lug nut and disappeared behind the 'authorized personnel only' door, only to reemerge shortly with bad news: they didn't have a matching lug nut in my size. However, they did have chrome lug nuts in the correct size if I didn't mind that my lug nuts didn't match.

I indicated that I didn't care, and voila!

Pretty stylin', eh? They did all of this for free, which I appreciated. So the story has a happy ending.

Comments

[richtermom.livejournal.com]

VERY pretty. Shiny!

Did anyone else hear "BUTT PLUG" in place of "lug nut" above? Maybe it's just me.

[jwgh]

It was hard enough for me not to be making constant 'nuts' jokes when I was writing that post, so I'm just as happy that I didn't think of that.