On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 13:50:02 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


SNIP SNIP

BTW, I can change a bulb in the left headlamp in roughly 2 minutes. In the
right headlamp, it's a half-hour plus. And I need bent-tip needle-nose
pliers to release the spring clamp. I've had to replace the right bulb
twice, and my blood pressure probably jumped 20 points each time.


At the downtown Toronto Canadian Tire service department about
198?):

CUSTOMER (looking at his bill) "WHAT !!!! 20 bucks to put in a 65
cent parking light bulb!! I'm not going to pay THAT !!!

SERVICE MANAGER (eyebrows raised) " Well, Sir, here its the old bulb
from your Jaguar which we saved for you to see. Now what would you
like us to do?"

CUSTOMER (grinning wide) "Well, you can just take the damn bulb out!!"

SERVICE MANAGER (calm smile) " OK, Sir. So, we'll change the bill for
you. (Bigger grin on the customers face now). We'll change it to 39
dollars."

CUSTOMER (shocked/choking) "What?!?!? Why !!"

SERVICE MANAGER " Well, Sir, it took almost an hour to put the 65 cent
bulb in, and I expect it will take a few minutes less to take it out,
and our service rate is twenty dollars per hour."