Dont they do that to everyone?
Rod posted about an old couple that was being taken advantage of by a service technician at an auto place. Every time I have been into one of these places, they always try to add on things that “according to the manufacture“, need to be replaced. That doesn’t bother so much as the data collection. Most oil change places today, write down the VIN number and license plate number on your car. The also write down any damage to the vehicle. They can then sell that information to places like car facts. In fact, it is very hard to find a place that will change your oil anonymously. I know its probably my paranoia showing up again, but I don’t want spyware installed at my auto repair shop.
On a flipside to your story Rod, I have a story that I share about a “little old lady”. I once decided to lay out in the sun at a public pool. I found a nice lounge chair by the pool. It was a sunny day, and the only other people that were at the pool, were several older ladies that were in the shallow end of the pool. They had full body bathing suits on, that reminded me of my loving grandma. I could hear their conversation, and one of the ladies asked the other, where she got the new sun glasses. The lady wearing the sun glasses giggled, and then replied “I stole them”. She then proceeded to tell a story of how she went to a gathering, and a young girl was wearing them, but then set them down. The old lady said that she put them on, and then pretended that they were hers and that she told the young girl that she must be mistaken when she inquired about the glasses.
I couldn’t believe this little old lady, whom reminded me of my grandma, would do such a thing and then brag to her friends. I had the same pit in my stomach, when I found out Santa Claus wasn’t real.