Look ... I know I'm a little grumpy sometimes. But that doesn't necessarily nor automatically denote I'm dead wrong about things and simply emoting off-the-cuff grumpiness.
Grumpiness can be a good thing. It can be cathartic. It can be a good way to let off steam of the moment.
So here's the prelude to the situation where I got grumpy: The front tires on my truck are in need to replacement, threatening to go bald. In other words, it's time for some new ones. In many instances that requires purchasing a set of four tires because there are businesses out there who won't sell you just two tires. (Or, simply, a single one for that matter.) And I understand that in certain cases.
But when the rear tires on my truck are perfectly fine, there's no need to purchase 4 tires. So I ran down to Walmart, just down the street, to see what I could see. I took a picture of my tire size so I'd have it readily available and I talked to one of the service technicians down there. I gave him the size of tire I needed, he looked it up and gave me half a dozen options to choose from. I asked if it would behoove me to purchase a set of four tires - would there be a benefit to doing so price-wise? He said it didn't make any difference, I could buy one if I wanted to. Which I appreciated. And I thanked him. I asked if it was a good idea to make an appointment for later or if there was a best time to show up when I was ready to pull the trigger ... and then I was on my merry way.
Fast forward to a couple days later. I mentioned to Missy I had gotten a price on tires from Wal-Mart and she suggested I look up America's Tires (one of her preferred tire shops), Costco and Sam's Club among one or two others. So right then and there I jumped on my phone and looked up Sam's Club.
Once I navigated to the maintenance shop, I was asked to input my vehicle make, model, year and tire size before I could get any information. Well, I already had tire size so I tried to input that information alone but it wouldn't let me access it without jumping through all the hoops of putting in complete information. Which kind of ticked me off.
In the meantime, Missy was looking up Costco tires and it was taking a long time for her to access that information in as well. But she finally got where she wanted to be while offering up quite a bit less information than I had to with Sam's Club.
And that's when I got grumpy.
Because I don't need to perform like a caged monkey just to get tire prices when I know exactly what I want. I don't need to surrender an inordinate amount of information. I'm reasonably intelligent and aware of what I need without requiring the "Purchasing Tires For Dummies" manual the Sam's Club website was asking for.
I've got what I need, I know what I need, so fulfill my request already. But it's just not that easy, is it?
And that's when I got grumpy. I ranted and raved that I didn't want to have to input 12 million things when all I needed to do was provide ONE! THING! PERIOD! How much simpler could it be?!? GAAAAAAAAHHH ... !!!
So, looking back ... yeah I guess I might have gotten a bit emotional about the situation. And maybe I did spit out a little vitriol along with a hefty dose of grumpiness.
But, you know ... with good reason ...
........ Ruprecht ( STOP )
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