Alan,
You aren't the only one with a "bad attitude" about shows like this.
Most merchants see it as a win/win when your presence increases traffic for
their business, and go out of their way to treat the participants well with
some freebies. This guy obviously doesn't get it.
This is a good reason to join a local car/rod club.
Last season, my home town in West Florida had a full slate of
cruise/show nights, a different one for each weekend of the month, held at
different diners and drive-ins. Some of the places really appreciated the
clubs and the efforts they went to for a quality show. Other places seemed
ambivalent, sort of like the event you describe, like they were doing you a
favor in giving you a place to display your rod. After a couple of months,
the cars stopped coming to those places, and the shows fizzled out. The good
ones are still going strong. The clubs go where they are treated right and
feel welcome. Word gets around.
Jack Halton
51 GMC 1/2 ton
Winter Park FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan D. Gingles" <agingles@nucleus.com>
To: "Ole truck listserve" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Was I out of line?
> New Mexico Jim wrote:
>
> > Your last statement might be true (hehe), but I agree with you. At least
> > free cokes with the event on the cup, anyhoo.Was that the waitress or
the
> > manager who said that. I haven't seen an A&W in eons. The Dairy queen
near
> > me is off Hwy 66 and cater to the turons (those are some of the
travellers
> > her, half turist, half moron
> >
>
> Jim,
> The guy who works for me calls me a "curmudgeon" Must be the way I chase
the
> kids and dogs that wander into my yard! *lol*
> It was both the A&W manager and the twit working the registration table
that
> told me there were no freebies. The registration guy then got quite
ignorant
> about the whole thing, and was quite happy to escort me out of the event.
Told
> me I had a really bad attitude. Hehe...if I'd stayed around I could have
shown
> him a whole new meaning of bad attitude.
> It usually takes a lot to get me upset. I guess I'm just getting tired of
> certain groups taking advantage of car/truck people.
>
> --
> Alan & Karen Gingles
> Calgary, Alberta
>
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