Am I being rude?

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Of course I am.
What is the protocol when someone drives up while you are working on your car?

I am working on the front of my car and the trunk is toward the street. People love to drive up and want to talk to you about your car. Why do this "people" expect you to stop what you are doing and walk down to the street, to talk with them.
I personally think that if they want a conversation they should get their *** out of their car and walk up to start a conversation.
Although, there was the time, a guy walks up to the car as I am underneath it and says hello. No I am thinking, it must be a looky lou , so I half yell, Get the **** out of here. Only to glance out and see a uniform pair of pants. It was the Postman. I did apologize, but he was nice about it.

Usually the arabs and gypsys will drive up and yell, How much do you want for it. I usually yell down 50 or $75k. One older guy sat there thinking about the price, I kinda felt sorry for him, so I told him the car was not worth that much
 
If you live in a populated area, that's an occupational hazard as they say. That's why I enjoy living in the country, 500 feet off the road in the woods.
 
My neighbor claimed he.was a Mechanic in the USAF. Dude is so ate up w/ it, he caint change a tie rod. Blew one, and was trying g ti beat it back in w/ a hammer....always comes over when I'm working on my car, and starts Motot Mouthing about some bs I could care less about. Or , worse, he wants to help! Aggghhh! Just go away! He popped in last week, crying bout the price of gas and food... I went off, just a Lil..... you voted for the fn Commies, you dumb ****!
 
Ironracer said:
My neighbor claimed he.was a Mechanic in the USAF. Dude is so ate up w/ it, he caint change a tie rod. Blew one, and was trying g ti beat it back in w/ a hammer....always comes over when I'm working on my car, and starts Motot Mouthing about some bs I could care less about. Or , worse, he wants to help! Aggghhh! Just go away!
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lol That's pretty much how I feel about everybody. I would only trust a "few" local "friends" to come help me, but they always have other things to do. .....and I've asked and even offered to pay and Kitty to fix them some supper. I guess I'm that big an asshole.
 
RustyRatRod said:
lol That's pretty much how I feel about everybody. I would only trust a "few" local "friends" to come help me, but they always have other things to do. .....and I've asked and even offered to pay and Kitty to fix them some supper. I guess I'm that big an asshole.
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Unfortunately, I have to lose my cool, so he'll split!
 
I don’t mind stopping most of the time. I used to live on a rather busy road. It’s all good. If I’m in need to work on the car, I’ll ether stop and give a quick chat and say I’m really sorry I can’t chat much, I gotta get this thing going, 99% apologize and bud me a good day. If I’m really neck deep, it’s ether a big “Thanks Buddy, sorry I can’t chat right now, perhaps later, I gotta stay busy on this one.” Or it is a garage door closed session.

When people stop, I stop and meet them as to stop them because of what’s in the garage. I don’t want to give the stupid trust everybody sense to some stranger. But I never had a problem. People are generally good about things. Locked doors solve a lot of possible problems. Dogs as well!
 
I get them. Why I try to work in the garage.
Last guy I was like you on my back, in the driveway.
MR clean pull s up and starts talking about the car. I don't answer him. the third time he asks, can you hear me. ISo I said sure, can you see me. Climb under here and grab a wrench, and i will gladly talk your friggin ears off..
Yep I'm that guy at times.
 
RustyRatRod said:
lol That's pretty much how I feel about everybody. I would only trust a "few" local "friends" to come help me, but they always have other things to do. .....and I've asked and even offered to pay and Kitty to fix them some supper. I guess I'm that big an asshole.
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We are a small club.:thumbsup:
 
When I lived in Seattle it was like that, some were curious & we're amazed that someone could do the stuff I was doing, my neighbor was a miserable man hating lawyer that called the police several times. 1 time I just about threw a hammer at her. Thank God I didn't because it would have been a hate crime on top of assault
 
I cant see far away... so I'm squinting a lot...makes me look angry and unapproachable.
No one visits me except my brothers.
No one around here hangs out.
All local mopar people are reclusive agoraphobic types it seems like.
Never been hardly anyone to wanna lend a hand... they want help or parts...but no return.

I could use a hand installing my windshield...but I'll probably be asking my wife to help because there's no one around anymore or they're all cranky assholes with their nose in the air..
 
MOPAROFFICIAL said:
I cant see far away... so I'm squinting a lot...makes me look angry and unapproachable.
No one visits me except my brothers.
No one around here hangs out.
All local mopar people are reclusive agoraphobic types it seems like.
Never been hardly anyone to wanna lend a hand... they want help or parts...but no return.

I could use a hand installing my windshield...but I'll probably be asking my wife to help because there's no one around anymore or they're all cranky assholes with their nose in the air..
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Shitty Bro...
 
Ironracer said:
Shitty Bro...
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Either I'm unknowingly a lone wolf, kinda, or people just suck *** around here.
At the most there were 3 people that would come around. The rest... reclusive...or moved far away from California .

As I've said many times...my car is more loyal and dependable than a lot of people that have been in my life.
 
I guess it depends on where you're at. I'm back in a mostly quiet neighborhood, not a very busy street and there's been a few times that neighbors have stopped to chat. On foot though, not from their car...
I usually take it as a sign that I needed a little break anyway so I have no problem stopping to BS for a minute.
I also see it as an opportunity to keep up some good will so I get thumbs-ups instead of dirty looks when I go rumblin' through the neighborhood:D
I usually just keep the door closed and the music blasting..
 
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I just had a moment of reflection, how lucky I got in life, honestly I really am hesitant to be around people I don't know. But I'm very glad to have the neighbors I have, there's an acre between our front door and our neighbors. I'm the younger man so I get called to help. But they return the favor. Being 8 miles outta town is sure nice. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do test hits on the road with no complaints. Even the county sheriff is a neighbor, my wife & I own his childhood home.
 
hell no ....I don't like uninvited visitors regardless if i know them or not.

I always get the ones who think they are helping me with advice and wanting to help and act like I'm not capable of handling my own. I was fine on my own before they came and ill be fine after they leave.

I don't like other people touching my tools or asking a million questions about the car at hand in the operating bay. Usually they see more cars behind the garage and into the back yard and want a grand tour. I don't have time for that kind of thing and it's not a public salvage yard so i have to be a ***** and say that it's currently a restricted area so NO, you can't roam or have a tour of the yard.

I have a local guy whom I know very well who stops by and wants to bullshit the afternoons away. My garage time is scarce and valuable so I know i can be rude but he needs to go get a job and dream somewhere else and take his convict buddy with him.
 
MOPAROFFICIAL said:
I cant see far away... so I'm squinting a lot...makes me look angry and unapproachable.
No one visits me except my brothers.
No one around here hangs out.
All local mopar people are reclusive agoraphobic types it seems like.
Never been hardly anyone to wanna lend a hand... they want help or parts...but no return.

I could use a hand installing my windshield...but I'll probably be asking my wife to help because there's no one around anymore or they're all cranky assholes with their nose in the air..
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Damn. Sounds familiar. Too bad you're not local.
 
MOPAROFFICIAL said:
Either I'm unknowingly a lone wolf, kinda, or people just suck *** around here.
At the most there were 3 people that would come around. The rest... reclusive...or moved far away from California .

As I've said many times...my car is more loyal and dependable than a lot of people that have been in my life.
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I can swing up for a few hours but would have to really dial in a time. I usually have a window while the kids are at school and the when the MIL doesn't have Dr's appointments. Are you working regular hours?
 
I love it when I'm gaffing up a pole at 16 feet with a 30 lb belt (very attention demanding) and someone says hi or asks what I'm doing up there. WTF you think I'm doing up here with a tool belt on and a big orange hard hat that says TELEPHONE on it? Yeah. Im gonna stop what I'm doing and chat with you.....I usually ignore them until I'm belted off and then casually ask "who are you?"
 
I had some fat **** park in the street and waddle up and LEAN ON THE CAR while I was under it with it on stands, asking to buy my mower that was in the backyard out of street view, and NOT listed for sale. I come unglued on that fat **** and he did get some exercise that day, since he made it back to his car in record time.

Had another guy stop in the street. I heard the diesel and met him halfway out. Tolerated his that's a nice dart what do you want for it crap for about 30 seconds. Asked him what the for sale sign has listed for a price and he started with the hemhawing mouth full of peanut butter ****. Then he said he brought his boss by to see it and I went right into valve float. Asked him what he wanted for six hours with his wife because she doesn't have a for sale sign on her but I could bring some buddies over to help out while I run her through the gears. He starts yammering about me being an asshole and I just told him, you're right and it's all downhill from here, and then I told him 'get lost because I don't want to register as a sex offender after I shove a wingmaster up your *** out here on the street and some kid sees it'. He starts in with his kid lives a couple blocks over and drives this or that white pickup and I said good, you won't bleed out by then and they can follow the blood trail back here where my lawyer will be waiting.

Unsnapped the holster and he FINALLY got the hint it was easier to run than to walk.

I'll talk to a lot of people but if you're showing up to buy it but it isn't listed for sale, I will jump to the next logical conclusion and that is that you're here to make a profit off me one way or another, and that's not justification to poke the bear.
 
Yall are all bein rude. You should invite them up, make the little woman fix um some grub, serve um a drink, roll um a fatty, just make um feel at home. What's wrong with yall? LOL
 
RustyRatRod said:
I guess I'm that big an asshole.
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