When you go out to eat, do bring your own ham and eggs for the cook?

First, you ***** about how you spent $500 clams on a 20 year old car with God knows how many miles, and the shop should have told you that a mysterious noise was going to appear out of nowhere.

Now, the tow company wants too much money to tow your car.

I don't know what you do for a living, sir, but I will wager you don't let people negotiate your salary for you.

Paper pushers indeed.

You've managed to fit two bad analogies into one short post. The ham and eggs analogy relates to bringing your own parts into the repair shop - no relevance to the subject matter here. And rejecting a tow company quote has nothing whatsoever to do with negotiating a salary. Getting multiple competitive bids is entirely acceptable behavior in a free market economic system.

Thanks for the correction, though you are projecting meaning into my words that I may or may not have intended.

The next time I want to use an analogy, I'll make sure to clear it with you first, lest I make another terrible faux pax in your opinion. You know about opinions don't you? Everyone has one, just like everyone has a......