What would you say if parking lot attendant said, "Your car is losing its paint."?

Question

And would you think that was totally rude and obnoxious?
OK, it's true... the car you're driving had this flaw by the manufacturer (you've seen cars like that) where it prematurely started peeling paint on the roof and hood. This wasn't a person who was driving the car, like a valet... just standing at a booth and taking your ticket as you slowly drive by and hand it out the window. Would you get annoyed at a comment like that? Would you report them for being rude?

Answer 1

I would think "Whatever dude, you work in a friggin ticket booth and your Mom probably has to bring you to work because you dont even have a car." While I ignore him and drive past

Answer 2

This question, in my opinion any way, is related to one of the fundamentally flawed facets of people in general (particularly Americans). Don't get me wrong, I'm guilty of the same.
But honestly, does it really matter that a stranger informs you of a fact that you're already aware of? Is it really worth taking time out of your day to locate his employer, or supervisor, just to inform them that one of his attendants is lacking some basic customer service/people skills?
Honestly, why do you think they're job involves them standing by themselves in a small both?
Why would you let something that some one said in passing bother you this much? Do you know this person? Did it sound like they were trying to insult you when they said it? What difference does it make, it's not like they're spreading a lie about you around. What would you say to who ever you reported him to? "He told me that my car was losing it's paint." So what, you just said it does need to be replaced, but taking your frustration out on this guy isn't going to do anything for you, or you paint.
It doesn't matter, and if you think it does, you're putting entirely too much value into what others think of you.

Answer 3

I would give the person the benefit of the doubt, unless the comment was made in a rude or condescending tone. They may have honestly thought that they were being helpful. I have worked in retail situations in my life, and in one store, I was near the entrance when we were having extreme snow storms; and a gentleman came into the store, I had noticed he had left his car headlights on. I mentioned this to him as he entered the store; thinking I was being helpful so he didn't have to go out to a dead battery in the bad weather; and he practically took my head off. He snapped at me and said "I know that they are on, that is a very exclusive feature on my car, they turn off on their own, so you can mind your own business!!!" Needless to say, I was so shocked I about fell over. So it really is all in the interpretation. Maybe he was trying to make a silly juvenile joke, because he is stuck in a tiny airless space all day in order to make a paycheck. Have a good night!!!

Answer 4

No, look at it this way,, you are the parking attendant.. you saw what he/she saw. You made a comment about the paint, there's nothing wrong about it. Why? Co'z your just concerned. Its just a way of starting a conversation. You might have just answered, " Yeah you're right, I'll have that fixed as soon as I get the best shop to do it..". That's it. Hehe, Don't get irritated. Smile. Let him see how priveleged your car is having a driver like you.

Answer 5

Oh no it's not losing its paint, it has only been shedding since spring.
Ah young man you are mistaken, this is not a car, it is a horse and it is a pinto.
It's not losing it's paint, it just didn't have time to dress after the last car strip show.
No it's not, you must have been in the sun too long, you are seeing spots before your eyes.

Answer 6

My heavens, I under no circumstances have been flashed, yet I did by accident flash some human beings as quickly as. i became interior the wellness facility it sluggish back and desperate to take a stoll to the merchandising section. nicely, I wasn't questioning approximately what i became wearing and, enable's only say that those wellness facility robes do no longer circulate away lots to the mind's eye on the backside. The nurse got here up from at the back of me and placed a blanket over my shoulders . . . i became questioning why it became slightly drafty back there!

Answer 7

I would say thank you he/she had no way of knowing you would take offence and probelly was just tring to be helpful be for it got out of hand.
if the tone was rude and it was completly ovious then yes report it.

Answer 8

I wouldn't report them as being rude. I would just say thank you for noticing my car's defects.

Answer 9

I'd have said, "There's nothing quite like stating the obvious." smile, and drive on in to the lot.

Answer 10

I would smile and say oh yeah thanks man...didnt you know that thats the NEW STYLE in cars now a days? Oh and that the I AM A RUDE AND INCONSIDERATE JERK convention is in town?