August 2023 by Thomas O
Earlier today I had a shockingly unprofessional, very distasteful interaction with the folks at Heibeck’s. My girlfriend got a flat tire while driving to work down Route 7. She pulled over at the Mobil station near Caraluzzi’s and I met her to put on her spare. As I was jacking up the car, the man from the Mobil came out and said that the place across the street fixes flats. We walked over the spoke to the man at Heibeck motors. He rudely insisted that the tire wasn’t leaking. I showed him that it was. He broke a part of the trim off my girlfriend’s car while jacking it up improperly. He said the flat couldn’t be fixed and decided to put the spare on. Every time is said, “I can do it”, he insisted that he do it: “no allow me”. He was very standoffish, rude and incompetent throughout the interaction. Even so, I decided to give him a tip, despite the fact that he damaged the car and set us back by about a half hour. When I handed him that tip he said “what is this? I want 30 dollars”. I politely disputed this as I felt he was being dishonest, pretending to do a kindness while expecting payment for doing nothing. I did not raise my voice or cuss. He immediately threatened to call the police, called me a “f***ing scumbag”, and hurriedly reentered his shop. Absolutely terrible. I think some of his treatment of my girlfriend and I was due to the fact that we are young and somewhat ethnically ambiguous looking. They had a large “Don’t Tread on Me” flag in their shop and were standoffish from the very beginning of the interaction. This man is not only bad at what he does, but is also dishonest and offensive. If I could give less than 1 star I would.
