"Trust me"

Log start: 9:o4 pm March 7th 2009

I don't know how many times the words "Trust me" has either gotten me in so much trouble or back-track my plans so many steps. These words still have meaning if given by the right people, but after today, i'll definately not trust strangers with these words, except for distinguished professionals...

Today i went to auto zone to buy some paint to go over the scratches those little punks did on my car. I was staring at the paint pens for awhile, looking for what i needed.
In the end i couldn't find it, so i went to the front desk and asked for help.

One so called "professional" had some awards pinned onto his jacket so i was like "yeah! gonna get my car fixed today!"

He quickly looked through the paint and then picked one up for me.
I looked at it and replied.

"This doesn't match my paint color... the Honda website told me to use the same paint color or it'll come out discolored."
The guy replied, "Trust me, i've been doing this for awhile, i go through the rows and then stop at Imports and go to Honda, Red. this is definately the product that you want."

So i trusted the man, he sounded very confident that this product will be good for me.

I got to the gas station and filled up my tank, BTW, i'm stuck on this 24 miles per gallon limit which i can't seem to break...

Then i stopped off to the side and i painted over the scratches... i noticed that it was a brighter red than my car so i read the instructions and it said to wait for it to dry out to see results...

It is now dry, and my paint is in two different colors. It's not even a shading problem... it's the difference between BRIGHT RED (product baught) and Dark red, which is the color of my car.

So this is how professionals do it. I paid 7.99 USD for a nice lesson in trust. but using my asian math skills, i'll go return the product tommorow, get my 7.99 back, and then still end up having a lesson learnt!


HakoneDayDreamer, professionals don't work in your local chain stores, remember these words wisely.