Whoever works in a tire shop -- any inside jokes or "salutes?''?

Question

if you work in a tire shop or any car shop, for that matter, this question is for you.

Question---> i want to know how many other folk out there have a similar occurance in their workplace, and if you don't mind, share some of the ''salutes'' as well?

i think i have one of the coolest shops to work in b/c we have so many shop ''salutes;'' that is, a word or phrase that one person uniquely says, then someone else makes fun of it by modifying it slightly. then everyone else ends up repeating that modified version of it from time to time.

nonsensical? you bet. but it's called a salute b/c it salutes the person it came from.

Answer 1

When we see a beautiful woman either in the showroom or walking out in front of the street we have a code phrase to send out the alert;

"Roll the Buick"

I work the counter up front. I've been doing it for about 5 years. I have never "wrenched" on cars professionally although I do most of my own repairs and do them for people on my "friends and family" plan. When the mechanics come to me to describe a problem they have found on a car, 99 times out of 100 I not only know exactly what they are talking about, often times I can tell them what the problem likely is before they look at the car - even with check enigne lights.

One of my co-workers up at the counter has been working the counter for 12 years after starting as a lube-tech. In spite of all those years in the business he is a complete idiot when it comes to cars. Very often a mechanic will try to explain a problem they have found only to give up and bring it to me instead. It's not that I'm some genious, I just get it and I remember stuff I've encountered before.

So one day I'm talking to one of the mechanics and he starts to ask me; "Mark, back when you used to wrench on cars..." I cut him off and told him I have never wrenched on cars professionally. His response was' "Oh, well I uh, just assumed..." At which point I said "Thank you, I know, I'm just that good." Then my coworker up at the counter chimes in with "I used to wrench on cars." The mechanic just ignored him and continued to ask me whatever the question was.

Ever since then the phrase "Back when I used to wrench on cars..." has become something of an in-joke and catch-phrase around the shop. We'll finish that phrase with any manner of stupidity and nonsense we can come up with, like; "Back when I used to wrench on cars we would change the blinker fluid every day" or some nonsense like that. Mostly though we say it as a jab at my clueless coworker.