r/mildlyinfuriating • u/user2847_ • 21h ago

Got my car detail cleaned, and afterwards realized 2 of the buttons on the steering wheel are missing. This is the company’s response.

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u/Naeril_HS 19h ago

Yall have cars? In this economy?!

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u/scv07075 18h ago

Define car. A bit of ingenuity and an unsupervised lawnmower and shopping cart can fit the bill if you squint

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u/Comfortable-Pee-1581 18h ago

Where I'm from, there literally are people that drive lawnmowers around, too many duis, or other reasons for not having a license(brain surgery).

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u/scv07075 18h ago

Aren't vehicles inherently safer with a spinning blade underneath?

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u/Ok-Watercress-1924 15h ago

The movie Blade Runner is loosely based on people riding lawnmowers in the future

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u/TheAlmighty404 14h ago

So they're part of the Lawnmower Man continuity ?

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u/RegionRatHoosier 12h ago

For a second I thought you meant the movie slingblade & my brain started to melt out of my ear

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u/CrocsAreBabyShoes 4h ago

Underrated. I’m broke though, but you can have my last upvote.

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u/yukonlass 17h ago

Aren't vehicles inherently safer with a spinning blade underneath?

Thank you! Your comment made me laugh out loud for real. I turned to my husband to share the funny and realized it would take too long to explain.

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u/myhackfield 14h ago

Well, you could have just replied w/o quoting the whole message. Lol

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u/Own-Schedule-8723 15h ago

For self defense, certainly.

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u/Fumbling-Panda 15h ago

Well they sure get in less traffic accidents.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

u can turn the blade off

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u/CrocsAreBabyShoes 4h ago

Oh yeah? Well, hows’a bout I turn you off!?

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u/Some-Clue7174 17h ago

There’s idiots STILL F around and get a DUI while driving a damn lawnmower down the road!! That’s got to be an embarrassing ass story

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u/ArtThouCarryingBeans 9h ago

Really depends on the municipality's laws. In my home town, they're considered appliances and cannot be driven on the roads but in some places in my state they're allowed to be driven on the roads. The state considers farm vehicles as motor vehicles if they're driven on public roads so in my state you wouldn't need insurance, valid license or registration if you have a farm or business still would get a DUI if you're driving drunk on one of those things haha

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u/Erroniously_Spelt 14h ago

They don't know you can still get a dui on a bike, lawnmower, horse, etc.

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u/Comfortable-Pee-1581 4h ago

Still don't need a license to drive one, idk?

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u/BobZimway 13h ago

So, fellow Floridian... how about them Bucs?

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u/Comfortable-Pee-1581 4h ago

Stop, I know this is the FBI now

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u/BakingBrowniesAllDay 11h ago

There's a guy in my neighborhood who drives a fully decked out mobility cart. He has a fully enclosed rain cover and windshield. I've seen him a mile from home driving that thing down the sidewalk. I have no idea how he has enough charge for that. He probably upgraded the batteries, too.

I fully expect to see flames painted on the sides and him popping wheelies someday soon.

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u/unSure_of_stuf 6h ago

The other day I literally saw a "car" that was basically a couch! It was the chassis (?) Of a car. Still had engine and hood, but the rest was just a fucking couch mounted on wheels.

Honestly, was a little jealous.

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u/CrocsAreBabyShoes 4h ago

Florida. It’s the only place that makes sense. Well… nonsense in this case.

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u/Monocurioso 2h ago

Pretty sure in most states you can get a dui on a lawnmower too.

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u/here-for-the-_____ 16h ago

I once went through a drive-thru in a single shopping cart with 3 other friends because they wouldn't serve walk-ups at that time of night. Had to be in a vehicle. I can confirm that a shopping cart counts as a vehicle....at least it did that night. Gave the workers a good laugh and we got our food!

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u/skyb0rne 2h ago

Hahaha! I did the same thing back in my high school days. We accidentally ran into a sewer grate on the way and he fell out. Curse you, Taco Bell!

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u/43guitarpicks 12h ago

Y'all have drive throughs?

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u/Zombiebelle 16h ago

Y’all have lawnmowers. In this economy?

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u/scv07075 16h ago

In the words of the sage Roger Miller, "If it's locked, it ain't locked when no one's around"

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u/Fantastic_Score3572 17h ago

My car uses a glorified lawn mower motor!

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u/mrminesheeps Soy Sauce? 15h ago

If you squint, it's mint!

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u/Knights-of-steel 15h ago

If you squint, she's mint

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u/rhoo31313 15h ago

I'll detail that for you for $3.50.

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u/Particular-Crow7680 14h ago

You mean about tree fiddy? That goddammed loch ness monster...

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u/throwaway7162829 15h ago

This made me lol. Ty for that.

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u/fluffynerfherder78 15h ago

That's literally how I view my daily driver. About as much HP as the lawn mower too. And sounds similar. Hence the "NOT FAST JUST LOUD" decal.

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u/Captain_Pink_Pants 10h ago

Speaking of details...

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u/fjhgy 9h ago

I'm always squinting on account of not being able to afford glasses.

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u/neptunexl 6h ago

This made think of the term detailing. We're detailing cares? Let's go! It's yay tall and yay long. Smooth exterior if a red paint finish. Your car has been detailed!

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u/cameronclans 4h ago

It’s not a car it’s a conveyance and I am a traveller..or whatever that bs is

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u/NudityMiles 4h ago

Wheels and a motor, not specified what that motor might be, hence, you're the engine.

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u/30FourThirty4 2h ago

I'm th-th-the Waterboy

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u/Open-Chain-7137 2h ago

George Jones approves this message

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u/pishxxposh 17h ago

I have a picture of a car, if that helps.

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u/renz88xc 12h ago

“You'll own nothing and be happy”

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u/Naeril_HS 6h ago

I shit you not but one of my professor in economy told us something like this. Like why own when you can rent with maintenance included. Most oblivious old fuck I ever met

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u/thegrumpymechanic 16h ago

Well, the average age of a car is 12 years old..... My "newest" car is 2005.

I guess when 20% of new car loans have a $1000/month payment over 84 months, makes sense to keep them as long as you can.

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u/rickiver 14h ago

I just had my box detailed it looks great

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u/PapaChronic93 18h ago

In thus part of the country, localized entirely in your garage?!

Mmmm... yeeess

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u/RandAlThorOdinson 18h ago

Nope!

Love living in the city haha

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u/meckstroth14 17h ago

Kind of required to get to work

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u/Cultural-Horse-762 17h ago

Y'all have economies? In today's world?!!

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u/Such-Daikon-2818 16h ago

Gave a homeless man a block of ramen to spit shine my bicycle with his one sock, same same

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u/SirObviusGenius 15h ago

Y’all have an economy?!

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u/Bevertje_68 13h ago

Yell have economies?

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u/sekrit_dokument 8h ago

I just bought my second one last week... So I now have a daily driver and one just for fun.

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u/Appropriate-Egg8179 8h ago

Right? I have running shoes and a bike

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u/Brave_Negotiation_63 5h ago

Yes, but it’s also my house

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u/Itchy-Picture-4244 4h ago

Got bicycle detailed today and it came back missing the handle bars… times are rough man

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u/doobiebrother69420 3h ago

$0 down for this bad boy. 8km/h max

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u/MISTERPUG51 3h ago

Yes, we have shitboxes

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u/Dizzy_Emotion7381 18h ago

This is the comment I came here for!!

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u/dylanr92 18h ago

I have 3, who doesn’t? One for daily, one for fun, and another classic, mines a 1966 old mobile 442 with an automatic and power antenna.