Sears From A Joke Being Torn Down
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Sears From A Joke Being Torn Down - Lemmy.World
American comedian Ron White frequently tells a story in the mid 2000’s about how
his van was damaged in a comedic way by the technicians at a Sears Automotive
Center in Savannah, GA. This week, that Sears Automotive Center is being torn
down. While the shopping mall that former Sears location is a part of is
otherwise doing well, the Sears has been closed for years. The department store
end-cap building and the car service center in its out-parcel property are being
demolished to make way for the development of a new apartment complex. A link to
Ron preforming the story [https://youtu.be/P-Hz6QIbCt0?si=ZJ4VjPMtTOHdgM12] for
a live audience.
I had a love-hate relationship with Sears for a long, long time. We’d always shop around for larger purchases, and quite often Sears would end up getting the sale, and then I’d have to put up with the salesperson bugging me about opening a Sears card and buying and extended warranty, and then being obstinate about taking NO for an answer. Of course, this was back when Craftsman Tools and Kenmore Appliances tended to be better than average. Hell, about 6 months ago we finally replaced a Kenmore refrigerator that we bought in '99. It’s currently cooling beer in my bro-in-laws garage. I’m still using Craftsman tools I bought 30+ years ago.
Yeah, even back in the nineties they were still making good stuff. My mom always bought my jeans there as a kid because they sold a store brand that had reinforced knees. I was an outdoor child and ran through clothing at an alarming rate.
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