JoeDirt
Piss Jug Tosser
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- May 11, 2020
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To be fair, I work in a decent size Napa and even if management doesn't erroneously post parts into inventory when they haven't shown up, parts will go mia. At least at our store drivers will stock parts, and the places some chit will end up is insane. I'm the findit guy because I know all the "wrong" places to look. Hell, I won't even ask some of my coworkers to do stuff on my days off, it's easier and less annoying for me to drive into town and do it myself than it is to try to walk somebody through stuff over the phone.
Autozone is complete anarchy last I heard, no manager, no assistant manager, a customer told us two employees were shouting at each other and when he asked a 3rd if they had a volt meter "Yeah, but I'm not gonna get it for you".
At least in my neck of the woods, currently and for the past couple years, O'Reilly has been the best. When the Autozone first opened up, probably 10 or 12 years ago, it was pretty good. They were always well-stocked, well staffed, most employees knew enough about cars and sales and inventory to get you what you needed. It was well-run. Then when O'Reilly hit the market, maybe 6 or 7 years ago, all of the good, longtime employees from AZ fled to O'Reilly. Ever since AZ has been a revolving door of employees and a general clusterfuk.
The nearby NAPAs are bad. Small, ancient inventory. They have stuff that has been on the shelf longer than I've been alive. Everytime I go to NAPA, they either don't have it, can't get it, or it'll take about a week to get here.
What parts stores seemingly don't understand is that RockAuto beats the *s-word out of any retail parts place. The ONLY reason I'm shopping at a brick and mortar store for parts, is because I need it asap. If you have a small, crappy inventory, you're useless to me.