I started out selling auto parts in 1987, working for a now defuct speed shop chain called Performance Centers of America. I had a good run doing parts gigs as a P/T job until May of this year, when I last offically worked for Hapi Auto Parts in Hillsboro. I was never offically fired or quit, I just got "laid off" due to business being slow. I've called the owner a few times in the past month, and I basically got blown off with "I'll talk to the manager, and I'll call ya back." Yeah right...
Well, I hit the pavement at some other stores, and basically got smoke blown up my azz, just like at Hapi. Technically I don't need the part time job, but I do enjoy the biz, and hey, who doesn't like making an extra $ and getting a discount on parts? So, it has all come down to this: I am looking at an application for Auto Zone in front of me. Yep, "Da Zone." Or as I call 'em "Auto Bone." "Gettin' the bone, from Auto Bone!" Welp, I can expect to be underpaid, have to conform to dumb standards like no earrings and covered up tats, and just gen'l corporate BS. Do I really wanna do this? Ha, with my luck they will prolly blow smoke up my azz and not hire me anyway...
