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We bought a new car -- and the dealer is a dumbass

Started by ducatiz, March 02, 2010, 06:02:33 PM

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ducpainter

#60
March 04, 2010, 03:00:11 PM
Quote from: ato memphis on March 04, 2010, 02:42:38 PM
i think there is some confusion here between "occupation", "profession", "expert/expertise"

<snip>

I think there's a difference in the hierarchy based upon how thoroughly committed a person is to their work.
Dood...how committed I am?

It's what I do. I didn't sign up to be a rockstar.

I think the 'creeping elitism' is rampant.

This goes to societal value.

"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


junior varsity

#61
March 04, 2010, 03:08:18 PM
i would categorize your career as towards the 'expertise' end of the spectrum in painting - you live and hopefully don't breathe [much] painting. and in your free time you do related stuff to painting (ducati board posting much?)

something that pays the bills and passes the time between paychecks is a mere job or occupation. somebody that really gets into their work moves towards professional, that's how i see it.

i believe that marty down at AMS here in dallas views selling [Ducatis] as more than an occupation - its a passion - a dream job - a profession. he professes to love his career working on, with, and around Ducati.

ducpainter

#62
March 04, 2010, 03:11:57 PM
Quote from: ato memphis on March 04, 2010, 03:08:18 PM
i would categorize your career as towards the 'expertise' end of the spectrum in painting - you live and hopefully don't breathe [much] painting. and in your free time you do related stuff to painting (ducati board posting much?)

something that pays the bills and passes the time between paychecks is a mere job or occupation. somebody that really gets into their work moves towards professional, that's how i see it.

i believe that marty down at AMS here in dallas views selling [Ducatis] as more than an occupation - its a passion - a dream job - a profession. he professes to love his career working on, with, and around Ducati.
So...

I'm competent.

How do you characterize my work?

Is it a vocation?

An avocation?

A profession?

...and what gives you the right to discern?
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Grappa

#63
March 04, 2010, 03:22:19 PM
Ahh... but the servant waits, while the master baits.

Sometimes Aloha means Goodbye.

Grampa

#64
March 04, 2010, 03:22:30 PM
Quote from: derby on March 04, 2010, 02:52:12 PM
i think i see a pattern here.  ;D

no shit. just say no to dealership work [laugh]
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project. 

So I went solo.  -Me

Some people call 911..... some people are 911
-Marcus Luttrell

junior varsity

#65
March 04, 2010, 03:22:59 PM
its in the penumbras and emanations of my morning constitutional, that's where i found the right... (constitution jokes ftw)

well an avocation is like a side hobby, and a vocation is the career - so i'm not sure what you would describe as your side career or side hobby, but mine would be 'guns n motorcycles'.  i'm working towards a meaningful career if it should ever find fruition.

ducpainter

#66
March 04, 2010, 03:30:32 PM
Quote from: ato memphis on March 04, 2010, 03:22:59 PM
its in the penumbras and emanations of my morning constitutional, that's where i found the right... (constitution jokes ftw)

well an avocation is like a side hobby, and a vocation is the career - so i'm not sure what you would describe as your side career or side hobby, but mine would be 'guns n motorcycles'.  i'm working towards a meaningful career if it should ever find fruition.
so...

you're full of shit?
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


ducatiz

#67
March 04, 2010, 03:31:15 PM
Can I just delete this thread and derby how cool it was that the dealer make the beast with two backsed up and gave me a great deal on a car my wife wanted?

Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

duccarlos

#68
March 04, 2010, 03:35:31 PM
 [popcorn]
Quote from: polivo on November 16, 2011, 12:18:55 PM
my keyboard just served me with paternity suit.

Grappa

#69
March 04, 2010, 03:38:14 PM
Congrats on the new purchase Ducatiz.  My neighbor has the Soul and my girlfriend has the Optima.  Both seem like really great cars!  Far better quality and design then the GM rental I drove last summer in Tahoe area.   [thumbsup]
Ahh... but the servant waits, while the master baits.

Sometimes Aloha means Goodbye.

ducpainter

#70
March 04, 2010, 03:43:07 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 04, 2010, 03:31:15 PM
Can I just delete this thread and derby how cool it was that the dealer make the beast with two backsed up and gave me a great deal on a car my wife wanted?


You can lock your own thread.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


duccarlos

#71
March 04, 2010, 03:46:09 PM
Or you can continue to entertain me. Dance monkey, dance!!!
Quote from: polivo on November 16, 2011, 12:18:55 PM
my keyboard just served me with paternity suit.

T

#72
March 04, 2010, 03:47:29 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on March 04, 2010, 03:43:07 PM
You can lock your own thread.
or sleep deprived guy. You can go nite nites.??

ducpainter

#74
March 04, 2010, 03:50:24 PM
Quote from: chronic lurker on March 04, 2010, 03:47:29 PM
or sleep deprived guy. You can go nite nites.??
She probably has some insight in all this.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


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