Owner of "Formula 113" is a real class act. NOT! Must watch this video!!!!!

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I'd be pissed if I was that fat and ugly as well.



And if I was that employee at the fast food restaurant I would crack him in the head. And he is NOT a true Italian, with the fake accent.
 
Like Scott, I find it more surprising that this guido actually posted the video of himself. I can't think of one thing anyone could be proud of about it? That is just really poor judgement. Sorry, but I'd rather do business with someone more professional and I'm willing to bet that this would turn more customers off than on. I don't have a problem with profanity and vulgarity but there's a time and place for it.



This guy makes Paul of CG look tame.
 
FJF said:
Given the cultural perspective, his behavior can be called common. I'd be willing to bet that quite a few of his clients identify with it.
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I have customers from up in that area, and while they may be somewhat abrasive, they don't constantly drop F-bombs.



FWIW, I'm self-employed in a technical field with a list of clients that can make most (in my line of work) somewhat envious. Guess what? I use profanity rather liberally, as do my clients. We're adults. These are folks with grad and post-grad degrees. My business certainly doesn't suffer, as I'm able to turn away clients. IME, being genuine carries a lot more weight than pandering.
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I am definitely no angel when it comes to language and humor (anyone from offtopic knows that!) but I don't go around saying F-this, F-that, especially in front of customers. It just isn't professional, IMO.



I know more than a few detailing product manufacturers and have never heard any of them talk like that around me or other customers. David of Optimum, for example. He has taken me out to lunch when I go through Memphis on the way to see my kids in Kentucky and I've never seen him cuss out anyone at the restaurants. He is a very gracious and geniunely nice guy. I'd much rather do business with him than a guy who gets drunk in the middle of the day and swears at employees of a restaurant. I highly doubt I am in the minority on this one.
 
beachcities said:
Yeah, but look at how much repsonse he got fromt [people on this site. Negative or positive, thats marketing baby.
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Did it actually result in sales? I know I didn't buy anything from him.
 
Kinda acts like a surgeon with that holier than thou attitude.



I'm not sure how it would help his marketing. I watched this video and think to myself, why would I buy anything from this guy.



I just think you should have more respect for people. Like that old saying- you've gotta give respect to get respect. This is just my own opinion.



Maybe i'll see some at BL =)
 
Oh I didn't know that just because of the "NY culture" it's ok to be an a$$hole. Oh wait, should I presume that everyone in NY and the tri-state area is a$$hole? Hmm, sounds like a good assumption to me...
 
So far, I have not met anyone from that area I liked. Buffalo people are OK, (some are great and very, very warm) but New Yorkers are mostly intolerable.
 
Scottwax said:
I have customers from up in that area, and while they may be somewhat abrasive, they don't constantly drop F-bombs.
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C'mon. You can't actually believe that to be a relevant sample. He's a cultural stereotype, if you will, and there are quite a few of those guys. They're not the majority, but they are a bound group.



I am definitely no angel when it comes to language and humor (anyone from offtopic knows that!) but I don't go around saying F-this, F-that, especially in front of customers. It just isn't professional, IMO.
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You're certainly entitled to behave as you described, and I don't mean that in a condescending fashion. Similarly, other social group respond to different norms and it's not up to us to make aggregate assumption with respect to the validity of their actions.



I know more than a few detailing product manufacturers and have never heard any of them talk like that around me or other customers.
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They're not his costumers, are they?



David of Optimum, for example. He has taken me out to lunch when I go through Memphis on the way to see my kids in Kentucky and I've never seen him cuss out anyone at the restaurants. He is a very gracious and geniunely nice guy. I'd much rather do business with him than a guy who gets drunk in the middle of the day and swears at employees of a restaurant. I highly doubt I am in the minority on this one.
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You have every right to do business with whomever you choose, given the criteria you described. Prorating the same norms onto others borders on being self-righteous and ultimately inconsequential to the cause.



Really, if you guys are bothered by this, I'd hate to think what would happen if something truly (errr...) riveting came your way. :-)



If the video featured a botched detail and he confronted the costumer, instead of making good on his work, my reaction would have been very different.
 
FJF said:
Really, if you guys are bothered by this, I'd hate to think what would happen if something truly (errr...) riveting came your way. :-)
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The fact that I don't like obnoxious, attention starved people that make fools of themselves and only care about themselves means I can't handle something "riveting" that comes my way? You're right.. I guess if I ever had an engine fire in flight I'd probably just break down and bawl. Guess I better get a new profession.



There's no justification for his type of behavior, period. I used to own a restaurant. If he ever came into my business acting like that, I'd physically remove him from the premises, and call in a "drunk and disorderly" against him.
 
Holden_C04 said:
So far, I have not met anyone from that area I liked. Buffalo people are OK, (some are great and very, very warm) but New Yorkers are mostly intolerable.
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I hear that Social Darwinism is making a comeback.
 
SuperBee364 said:
The fact that I don't like obnoxious, attention starved people that make fools of themselves and only care about themselves means I can't handle something "riveting" that comes my way?
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You missed the point in its entirety.



There's no justification for his type of behavior, period. I used to own a restaurant. If he ever came into my business acting like that, I'd physically remove him from the premises, and call in a "drunk and disorderly" against him.
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This is solely your prerogative. Similarly, there are folks who identify with his behavior and respond differently. There's room in this world for all of us. No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to deal with him.
 
I wonder when his reality show is gonna be on the air??

They should see if they could get him on Trading Spaces or the Surreal Life or Rock Of Love hehe
 
Holden_C04 said:
So far, I have not met anyone from that area I liked. Buffalo people are OK, (some are great and very, very warm) but New Yorkers are mostly intolerable.
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So are Canadians:ca :nana:
 
his formula 113 stuff didnt really blow me away.



great you removed the oxidation, the truck was still nowhere near any autopian standard ive ever seen.
 
Being in college, the f-word is everyones favorite word for some odd reason :think:. But not a single one of us, even on the drunk trips to taco bell or mcdonalds late at night to get food, would ever, ever, cuss out the people who were making us food. Call us southern gentlemen, call us rednecks, call us raised right, but we'd never disrespect someone who works at a minimum wage job so they can pay the bills. Being from NY doesnt mean that you have to live up to the stereotype. He really looked like a BA getting in that van too.
 
gators241987 said:
Being from NY doesnt mean that you have to live up to the stereotype.
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Excuse me? Thinking that everyone in NY is a member of a relatively small cultural subset is no different than us calling all Southerners uneducated, bigoted gomers. Let's leave regional absurdities where they belong - in the garbage - and concentrate on understanding that folks fall into specific groups, and his group doesn't see his behavior as something unusual.



You don't have to like it, but you do need to understand that there are many different types of people in the world. They're most likely different than you and that has no bearing on the nucleus of their respective personas. This said, calling yourself a gentleman and asserting a prejudicial stance doesn't exactly paint a pretty picture.
 
its like watching a andrew dice clay wannabe. sad to say in NYC you have a lot of italian americans that do act like that. with the attitude and the vulgar language. in alot of areas of NYC its the norm. if it right or wrong who is to say. dont like him then stay out his way. I am sure he would tell you in so many F words. you have to admit it gets him attention weither its good or bad people will remember him. can you say the same. I worked the flightline while in the air force and I can say I am numb from all the cussing that went on in there. so it really dont bother me none and really you dont notice how you talk till you get around people that are non flightline and their jaws drop open like raphies moms did after his dad told her what he said in the christmas story.











he looks like one brat from a heart attack
 
FJF said:
C'mon. You can't actually believe that to be a relevant sample. He's a cultural stereotype, if you will, and there are quite a few of those guys. They're not the majority, but they are a bound group.
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FJF said:
Excuse me? Thinking that everyone in NY is a member of a relatively small cultural subset is no different than us calling all Southerners uneducated, bigoted gomers. Let's leave regional absurdities where they belong - in the garbage - and concentrate on understanding that folks fall into specific groups, and his group doesn't see his behavior as something unusual.



You don't have to like it, but you do need to understand that there are many different types of people in the world. They're most likely different than you and that has no bearing on the nucleus of their respective personas. This said, calling yourself a gentleman and asserting a prejudicial stance doesn't exactly paint a pretty picture.
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Excuse you. You classified him into the NY stereotype and I simply said he doesnt have to act like it. Your motives have been clear from the get go. You chose your side, a lonesome one at best. Stand up for the fat jerk. Being fat isnt a criticism, its a fact. Being from NY isnt prejudicial, again, its a fact. Different types of people in the world? And they are different than me? Really? Lets see, I was born in LA, moved to belgium, then to london, then to sydney, then to qatar (father is geologist) all before the age of 15. Ive experienced different culutural behaviours than most people on this forum and probably more than half the people in the world. Im far from the fact a prejudicial person, I love travelling and meeting new people in the world. Im sorry I dont find it appropriate a business owner conducts himself that way in public then has the audacity to post it on the largest video sharing network in the universe. BTW, where does it say that using the F word is something adults do? Last time I checked its kind of teenagish.
 
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