Does anyone try to educate?

I was in a big box store yesterday looking for a possible pole saw when I overheard a person remark that the only chains they had in stock were Oregon chains. I turned to see a 40 something talking to his wife so I told him those are the most common ones he was going to find. His statement was that he had bought a twin pack of them a few days before and both chains were dull and would not cut so he didn't want to buy the same brand again. When I suggested he sharpen his chain we got into a long discussion where I basically told him to consider one of the sharpeners they had on the shelf including the Oregon one that more or less looks like my Granberg sharpener with all the angle adjustments. The more we talked it sounded like he really did get a hold of some dull chain until he told me all he had done was remove some small bushes. Then I asked if he had touched the chain to the dirt and his response was along the lines of certainly, how else would he get the stems cut. I then held a 2 or 3 minute discussion with him of how he could tell if his chain was dull and how to look up filing angles on line to make everything right with the chain he already had. The box his chain came in didn't have the angles in a chart for him. We did pick up a box of chain and went over what he could read there such as the right file size and where to look on a bar for chain information, something he didn't know you could do.
He was using a cheap Poulan 16 inch homeowner grade saw, but with the engine running and a sharp chain he should have been cutting well. He had been ready to blame a chain brand for him dulling the chain in the dirt. When I told him a whole second of running in the dirt would dull a chain he snapped back to reality.

 

If the person is willing to listen, absolutely, I will try to educate

 

I think I sold a set of BFG All Terrain T/A KO2'S at pep boys yeaterday. I don't work there. But those tires rock on by diesel

 

My T/As are E range. What size do you need, I'm guessing yours are listed as inches, most of the e rangers are in metric....

 

What year, make, model? I'll do you some research.

 

2500 or 3500, dual rear wheels?

 

Ok, I'll look it up tomorrow.

 

Absolutely! In fact a lot times when I go to the box store I get asked questions. It must be my charming smile, or I look like I know my sh.. er stuff.

Atta boy for taking the time to help the guy out. Sounds like you had a positive impact.

 

I'll help out someone in the plumbing isle.
Even the employees............

 

Used to help . Not so much time for it these days. Had poo thrown in face too many times over free advice.

 

Very rarely nowadays..................."No good deed goes unpunished."

 

Unfortunately you can only educate someone who wants to be educated. Most are smarter than "you". After all I read it on the internet it must be true...............

 

The men at Lowes where I shop are often very informative about their products. The guys in plumbing will tell me that they are retired plumbers. The ones in most of the other dept. are also very helpful. The real exception was the one at the pro desk who couldn't put a list together. I spent two hrs. and didn't get it done. My son got on the phone and called someone at a local shop and they had it done in 10 min.s with just a phone call. We both were reading them the same lists.

 

+1 I'll never run another tire on my trucks