I went in to purchase a jack and lug wrench, because our 2013 Chevy Malibu only comes with an inflation kit---no spare, donut or tire tools (jack, etc.). Well, there were a couple of customers being waited on, so I went down the aisle and picked up a tire tool and what I thought was a jack, proud of my extraordinary feminine mechanical aptitude! (I barely glanced at the box, though, because it was right next to the tire tools, and I was hurriedly getting errands done before a planned car trip to Florida,
Yet, it looked like a bottle-style jack.) When I got up to the young counter clerk, I explained why I was getting a jack before starting a long car trip & asked twice if that was what I needed. He assured me both times that it was, indeed, what I needed for the trip. When I got home, my husband calmly informed me that they had sold me a jack STAND, not a jack! I guess, trying to appear as a strong woman in an auto parts store backfired---they apparently thought I appeared strong enough to lift up the car onto the jack stand bare-handed!!! Either know what you're doing---or make sure your clerk does! read more
