"Wheel life" stuff that happens at work

I love my job. I truly do. But I think its important to talk about the hard stuff too. So here is a list of some yucky "wheel life" stuff that has happened.

10. I once had a customer tell me to go "f*%$" myself. It was a man that was angry about what we offered him for his trade. It was over the phone, but I still hung up and cried for a while. I got over it, but I have never forgotten it. Jerk. He was clearly someone who didn't know how to communicate or control his emotions, so whatever. Still makes me mad tho in "wheel life".

9. I once took a test drive drive, which I thought was turning into a kidnapping or I was being sex trafficked. I hadn't grabbed my cell, sadly, and when this man pulled up in the used car lot with an entire van full of people I just didn't think. He asked, in very broken English, if he could try out this newer full sized van. I said sure, we hopped in the van and the whole crew followed. We were packed in this van like sardines. As we pulled out of the lot, I glanced back at his van and I noticed no license plates. I literally have never been more scared in my life and the entire ride in this van, I prayed and planned my escape route. It was August in Nebraska and it was like 90 some degrees, and he shut the air off. He played a cassette tape with some Spanish music blaring while heading towards the interstate. After what felt like an eternal test drive, I asked him confidently to go back to the dealership I worked at. Finally, something made him turn around. I would like to think I scared him, but it was probably my prayers. Whatever it was, I never ever ever ever went on a test drive with someone that I had the slightest fear of, and I always had my phone from there after.

8. Once I saw a snake in the detail shop. After screaming and running to the showroom full speed in a dress, I was greeted by my sales staff laughing hysterically. They planted the rubber snake there to scare me. I love working with all boys.

7. I hate having to fire people. It is the worst part of my job. Second worst thing is telling a customer we can't get their loan approved.

6. Once a salesman was putting out keys in the morning and a homeless man sat up from the backseat. I think the salesman is still traumatized. And how did the homeless guy even get in there?

5. My Dad was writing an ad for the newspaper in like the late 90's. This classy lady had traded in a super nice white Lincoln Towncar that was really well cared for. He wanted the ad to say "1997 Lincoln Towncar, white, lady driven." The newspaper missed a comma and the ad said "white lady driven."

4. Almost everyone that meets me in my industry thinks I work in accounting, I answer the phones or my Dad handed me this job. None of those are bad, honestly, but why is it so hard to assume that I worked my butt off in every single department for over 20 years, including the parts dept, to get to where I am today? Ehhhh

3. My Social Media Manager colored my hair for me after we closed one evening. It was super fun, and we drank wine.

2. I wanted to be a mechanic one year for halloween and all of the mechanics were skinnier then me and I couldn't fit into any of their shirts. I finally just wore a t-shirt under, and left the mechanic shirt unbuttoned. #bigbuttprobs

AND #1 WHEELY CRAPPY THING THAT HAPPENED AT WORK:

1. My Grandma told me to quit my job because the car business is just for boys.