This is something to think about when negative people are doing their best to rain on your parade.. So remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing and cares less tries to make your life miserable:

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:

" Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?"

"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"

"Continental?" exclaimed the hairdresser. " That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. So, where are you staying in Rome?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks its gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump."

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant.

Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."

A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome .

"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in one of Continental's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot..

And the hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"

"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."

"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me.

Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me.."

"Oh, really! What'd he say ?"


He said: "Who fucked up your hair?"

Snort...,!

Along those same lines,I was in the HVAC industry for many years + 90% of the time when you went on a service call,the homeowner would tell you the problem was that there was not enough freon in the system because his barber/brother in law told him so.1st rule on service calls is disregard ANYTHING the customer tells you.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Along those same lines,I was in the HVAC industry for many years + 90% of the time when you went on a service call,the homeowner would tell you the problem was that there was not enough freon in the system because his barber/brother in law told him so.1st rule on service calls is disregard ANYTHING the customer tells you.

Well, it gives you a place to start.

Grizz

True;by disregarding anything said.You waste time looking for a false diagnosis.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Along those same lines,I was in the HVAC industry for many years + 90% of the time when you went on a service call,the homeowner would tell you the problem was that there was not enough freon in the system because his barber/brother in law told him so.1st rule on service calls is disregard ANYTHING the customer tells you.

So the first thing you do is check pressures, thereby dislodging the Schrader valve and start a tiny leak...

The guy I worked under in the beginning told me that when he worked service for Montgomery Wards there was a service tech there that invented the schrader valve (basically just a sweat on tire valve)but was such a company man that he let M-W have the patent rights.So I heard.

The Schrader valve was invented in 1891---didn't say who invented it and patented 1893.

Well hell,he lied to me about other stuff so why not this.