Oil Change

Today I stopped in to the local Firestone to get my long overdue oil change. What I assumed would just be about a half hour of waiting was interrupted by some unexpected entertainment. About 20 minutes into the wait, somebody came out and brought me an estimate for all the work they thought needed to be done on my car. Apparently they feel I need my tires rotated and balanced, along with a front end alignment. Luckily for me, they were willing to do all this work for the low low price of just $315. I don't know why, but I found it very amusing that I went in for a simple oil change and they thought they were going to squeeze $315 out of me. I don't know who falls for this stuff, but somebody must or they would have given up by now. I am proud to say, however, that I was polite enough to not laugh in his face. I simply said I didn't have time today but I would think about it. What fun.