I'm a 65-yr-old woman who was driving back to the Boston area yesterday, 7-6-19, from visiting friends in CT. I was on the highway when a sudden torrential storm hit. I turned on the wipers, and the driver's side blade shredded immediately, so I could barely see and it was certainly not safe to drive. I got off at the first exit and pulled over to find an auto parts store. Google maps turned up Advance Auto on Wethersfield Ave. so I went there. After me buying a wiper blade, and in defiance of the banners stating free installation, the guy behind the counter absolutely refused to help me (twice), even though there weren't any customers, preferring to play on his phone instead. I was unable to change it on my own and the rain was coming down so heavily I was completely soaked.
Nearly in despair, I noticed this Auto Zone across the street that I hadn't been able to see before. I managed to get to it and parked. When I went in, I asked the guy behind the counter about wiper blades, and if he would be able to help me install it. At first he said he'd have to ask his manager, but as I explained what had happened at Advance Auto, he got more and more indignant. He kept saying, "That's not right! That's just not right," and then he said he'd help me no matter what. (His manager was standing there and she just nodded.) He was willing to put on the blade I'd gotten at Advance, but I insisted on buying a new one, and then, bless him, he came out in that downpour and got it installed for me. I wish I'd gotten his name, because he is my hero.
Auto Zone will get my business in the future, and I wanted to single out the employee - I'm sure he'll remember the dripping woman he helped - for his compassion and humanity. If there were more people like him, the world would be a better place. read more