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Originally Posted by D as in David

Canadian Tire Auto Parts? Oh man, you're giving me nightmare flashbacks. As a 17-year-old I got a job at Canadian Tire and they put me in auto parts - despite knowing nothing about auto parts - because I aced the "IQ test" portion of the job application process. Trying to find parts that you've never heard of and had no idea where they were located on a vehicle and I somehow had to find the correct micro-fiche slide that had the part for their particular vehicle. One of my worst jobs ever.

Originally Posted by Locke

Oh that job sucked ASS.

First of all...nobody knew what they were talking about. I at least had built a race car. I'd built a motor, I'd done vehicular work fine, but I'm no mechanic.

"Hey how do I rebuild my transmission?"

Uh...by paying someone who knows WTF they're doing?

But everyone...every single person who came to the counter starts at what I called 'Stage 10 Pissed.'

Because their car is broken and its going to cost them money and this idiot kid behind the counter doesnt know what he's talking about BECAUSE HE'S NOT A GODDAMNED MECHANIC!

"Tell me what I need to fix my car and how to do it because I'm going to buy the parts and do it myself regardless of the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing."

- Are you fooling with me right now? You dont fix those brakes properly and somebody's gonna have a bad day....do you even know how to bleed a brake line?

God that job sucked.

The mechanics were ass holes, the managers were idiots its was just a complete clownshow from start to finish.

I remember my last day and they were sad to see me go because I was one of their 'best employees' and I thought...I dont care about this place at all. If I'm one your best employees who genuinely couldnt care less about this place...you got problems.

Oh! And one of my favourites?

"The cardboard compacter is jammed, climb in there and jump around to break it all up!"

- Are you funnin' me son? Hell to the f'in NO. You jump into the giant goddamned compactor and break it up yourself. Or let Evel Knievel do it. I dont make enough money to climb into a cardboard compactor. So....no.

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

My first job was at Canadian Tire. I also got fired. I was working in the garden center and some random lady told the manager that I grabbed a hose and started spraying her with it. Never happened and I didn't see anything like that happen, but she was soaked. My best guess is that some kid was playing around in there and did it, and she saw me there and thought it was me that did it. I remember walking home after totally confused about the whole situation. It was a crappy place to work anyway.

Fellow Canadian Tire alumni here.

Oh the stories we could all tell. I'd almost be interested in a thread just to hear Locke regale us with his CT Tales much like his Greyhound thread.