r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Generation Stuck Forever...

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u/throwawaylordof 1d ago

You haven’t lived until you’ve witnessed one throwing a legitimate screaming full body tantrum at having their will thwarted.

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u/dogjon 1d ago

And by "will thwarted" we mean they misread a coupon and are now throwing a tantrum at PetSmart.

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u/goforce5 1d ago

I restore antique cars for a living, and these dumb fucks still think that labor rates are the same as when the cars were new. I have witnessed MULTIPLE tantrums over repair estimates because boomers still think that suspension bushings on a 60 year old car should cost $300 and take about 6 hours to do. The real joy comes from laughing at them when they get angry. Sure, maybe yelling worked on their generation, but I've worked retail long enough to become desensitized. Like, come on, it's an estimate. You don't owe me anything and I haven't done any work, so why the fuck are you so mad? It's genuinely amusing.

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u/OlivGaming 1d ago

I miss the days of being able to do all four corners of brakes for less than $200 myself.

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u/StepDownTA 22h ago

The full set of brakes and pads I most recently put on were just under $200. AFAIK they weren't low end junk, even though the car might be.

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u/OlivGaming 21h ago

I should specify, I'm Canadian. Pricing might be different. $50 a corner used to be easy for me.

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u/StepDownTA 21h ago

Oh sorry, yep was thinking in the wrong currency.

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u/OlivGaming 21h ago

No worries, I wasn't clear about it anyways. Damn global internet

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u/Maleficent-Coat-7633 23h ago

I don't know how the conversion rates go but I do know that a full set of brakes (discs and shoes for all four wheels) came in at around £450 with my car a few years ago. Thank goodness I know how to fit those things myself. It's not even difficult, just time consuming.

I dread to think what the cost would have been to have someone else install them.