What is Pep Boys thinking?

JaredPointer said:
Whisk brooms used to be pretty popular for folks to keep in their cars to sweep out the interiors before easily portable vacs came along. I remember my grandad keeping on in his truck on up until I was a good bit older. Maybe you are all a bunch of whippersnappers or something, but I don't get what the joke is here.
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First who are you calling a young whipper snapper? :nana: I actually use to use those little brooms for a fast wipe oon interiors back in the day. They were awesome.
 
A looong time ago I kept one in my cars to keep the rubber flooring clean. No carpeted floors for me until the late 60's.
 
My father in law still keeps one in his pick-up, and you won't find a cleaner truck! He sweeps the floor, mats and carpet EVERY time he gets home from a drive. I agree with Jared, where is the joke - old tech yes, but still works.
 
Barry Theal said:
First who are you calling a young whipper snapper? :nana: I actually use to use those little brooms for a fast wipe oon interiors back in the day. They were awesome.
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Watch out now - I'll go get my grandpa's AARP card and get Wilford Brimley over here in a flash.... ;)
 
JaredPointer said:
Whisk brooms used to be pretty popular for folks to keep in their cars to sweep out the interiors before easily portable vacs came along. I remember my grandad keeping on in his truck on up until I was a good bit older. Maybe you are all a bunch of whippersnappers or something, but I don't get what the joke is here.
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I still use a wisk broom on the interior of my car all the time.
 
I understand that it car be used on the interior, but non-autopians, such as my mom with her Audi A6, think this means it's okay to push snow off her hood with it (every winter, by the way. She just got a black Nissan Xterra and i'm afraid to look at the paint when I visit her.) There was nothing on the label of the broom telling you to never use it on delicate surfaces. And wouldn't it wear the fibers in the floor mat and floor more than vaccuming?
 
BluBrett said:
There was nothing on the label of the broom telling you to never use it on delicate surfaces.
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Really? It's called common sense, and if you think using a whisk broom on paint is okelie-dokelie, then you deserve what you get. More warning labels on products is not what we need by any stretch of the imagination...
 
JaredPointer said:
Really? It's called common sense, and if you think using a whisk broom on paint is okelie-dokelie, then you deserve what you get. More warning labels on products is not what we need by any stretch of the imagination...
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My mom thinks it's okay to wipe snow off with a broom and my grandma thinks it's okay to wipe bird poop of of a car with a paper towel and they are not Stupid people, they just don't see the scratches like we do. And of they do, they don't care. It just didn't make sense for them to sell a whisk broom as a detailing brush and not tell non-detailers that it can't be used on paint.
 
Using that kind of logic is why we have to have senseless warning labels on common, everyday items now. I mean, seriously who needs to be told something like this:



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Extreme example, I know. But the same logic applies. Grown people ought to know better and take responsibility for their actions.
 
speaking of pepboys, here's a coupon if anyone is interested. sorry, it doesn't apply to this broom everyone wants LOL...

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