A crazy thing happened... received email from Ford Executive Offices

[Rojo]

After working in the I/T industry in my first career, I retired at the ripe age of 51. After taking a year off, I was getting a little bit bored and also had a fairly young child at home (8 at the time) who I didn't want to grow up seeing me playing all day (i.e. no work ethic). So I found a local college and got hired on as an adjunct instructor (Computer Science).

That gig started with one class, then two, then three...then full time. I've been full time (now tenured) since 2014.

Anyway, one of my observations of college students "these days" is that these proverbs/sayings/idioms which many of us know are slowly leaving the language. A lot of students no longer understand what they even mean. It's kind of sad.

Current college student (at the age of 39) who works in IT and is getting a software engineering degree. Language is fluid and a lot of the current college students grew with a secondary form of communication that had not been present in any previous generation. That of communication via text/instant messaging etc ..., language being fluid some of those old idioms and word usages are being replaced by new ones that are more culturally relevant.

Cars are so good now that not a lot of maintenance needs to be done but are also so complex that you cannot do a lot of your own maintenance, so everyone has a guy or place they get their work done. So a squeaky wheel might not be as relevant as "I'm going to ragequit this order process because Ford seems to be trolling me". Just a change of perception.

Im not a big fan of some of the new words and phrases like, yeet, for example but they seem to be here to stay.

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[Redneck Garage]

That’s all fine and dandy, but people shouldn’t have to send e-mails to upper levels because of their crap allocation system. I’ll never order another vehicle from Ford after my experience with the Bronco and Maverick, which I have yet to receive either if yet after reservations made 18 and 7 months ago respectively.

The trick is to 1) Order from a large volume dealer 2) Order early 3) Keep one on order Not sure when I will get my August order but already have plans to have an 22 August order in place.

 

[Lone Star Proud]

Where can i go to squeak this wheel?

 

[The Weatherman]

The trick is to 1) Order from a large volume dealer 2) Order early 3) Keep one on order Not sure when I will get my August order but already have plans to have an 22 August order in place.

22 or 23?

 

[The Weatherman]

Where can i go to squeak this wheel?

The trick is to 1) Order from a large volume dealer 2) Order early 3) Keep one on order Not sure when I will get my August order but already have plans to have an 22 August order in place.

My bad. I get it now.

 

[Supnotz 97]

I hear you. I had the exact same build date and rescheduled build date as you. I would like this truck but I don't have to have it. If it bumps out to the May timeframe I'll be going another direction. I just want a good daily driver that will be able to park in a tight downtown parking garage that I have to start using in May. I was hopeful that ordering in July it wouldn't be an issue, but we are in strange times.

Whaat! I ordered my Lariat 2.0 7/29 and was finally delivered !/7to dealership. Thought that was a long time! But now its stuck in the fuel tank recall.
They have no idea what their doing it seems...

 

[TooManyVehicles]

Current college student (at the age of 39) who works in IT and is getting a software engineering degree. Language is fluid and a lot of the current college students grew with a secondary form of communication that had not been present in any previous generation. That of communication via text/instant messaging etc ..., language being fluid some of those old idioms and word usages are being replaced by new ones that are more culturally relevant.

Cars are so good now that not a lot of maintenance needs to be done but are also so complex that you cannot do a lot of your own maintenance, so everyone has a guy or place they get their work done. So a squeaky wheel might not be as relevant as "I'm going to ragequit this order process because Ford seems to be trolling me". Just a change of perception.

Im not a big fan of some of the new words and phrases like, yeet, for example but they seem to be here to stay.

Very true, and I do try to keep up with them...

However, there were "squeaky wheels" prior to cars and trucks.

Since you work in IT, I'm sure you would appreciate: "The one eyed man is king in the land of the blind." Although, this would now be inappropriate because:
a) How dare we say man or king
b) How dare you say hurtful words! You should be saying " person with vision impairment or low vision"
c) Some person in IT would say "You know, in the land of the blind all of the controls would be oriented towards those with vision impairment. Thus, the single-eyed person who identifies as he/him would be at a disadvantage."

ETA: Good luck with your degree!

 

[DryHeat]

Anyway, one of my observations of college students "these days" is that these proverbs/sayings/idioms which many of us know are slowly leaving the language. A lot of students no longer understand what they even mean. It's kind of sad.

You obviously know your onions on this subject, so I urge you to nail your colors to the mast and teach these kids a few things. But don't create a storm in a teacup -- after all, a nod is a good as a wink to a blind horse. If you get all keen as mustard on this, they might think you're mad as a hatter and send you to the knacker's yard.

 

[Unforgiven]

Whaat! I ordered my Lariat 2.0 7/29 and was finally delivered !/7to dealership. Thought that was a long time! But now its stuck in the fuel tank recall.
They have no idea what their doing it seems...

To be fair, mine is a hybrid so its not surprising that yours got to you earlier. Good luck with the fuel tank.

 

[TRUCKHEF]

You obviously know your onions on this subject, so I urge you to nail your colors to the mast and teach these kids a few things. But don't create a storm in a teacup -- after all, a nod is a good as a wink to a blind horse. If you get all keen as mustard on this, they might think you're mad as a hatter and send you to the knacker's yard.

LOOOOOL IM DECEASED

 

[Mymaverick2021]

That’s all fine and dandy, but people shouldn’t have to send e-mails to upper levels because of their crap allocation system. I’ll never order another vehicle from Ford after my experience with the Bronco and Maverick, which I have yet to receive either if yet after reservations made 18 and 7 months ago respectively.

I told my Ford Internet sales manager that if this is the wave of the future I'll take my chances and buy what's on the lot the next time

 

[Mainer500]

So last Friday I e-mailed Elena Ford, Chief Customer Experience Officer and Brad Brownell, Director, Customer Experience at Ford. I was very polite and inquired about the status of my July 7 hybrid lux order and asked a series, again very politely (I'm a nonprofit lobbyist by trade), why June and July orders are not being prioritized, the allocation system needs serious reworking for Ford's new model of business to function, the same builds ordered in June and early July that ordered in August are getting scheduled, etc.

To my suprise, I received an e-mail from Ford Executive Offices yesterday morning. A very nice lady named Lynn Arledge, cc'ing Elena and Brad, offered to talk to the Maverick production/scheduling team to see what the hold up was. For note, i dropped the SIBL for the DIBL in early November and ordered from my small town dealer (6 orders, mine is the only hybrid). I e-mailed back thanking her for looking into this for me, I'm very excited about the Maverick as it'll be my the only Ford I've owned apart from my first vehicle ever when I was 16-which was a 1986 Ranger extended cab. Lo and behold, I got an e-mail from Lynn this morning, again cc'ing Elena and Brad, informing me that my hybrid is scheduled for March 7...

Nice job!!!!! The squeaky wheel DOES get the grease Congrats

 

[NJ Pinelands]

Okay, you got my attention with nonprofit lobbyist. That sure sounds oxymoronic.

Could be something like The Nature Conservancy or other environmental group.

 

[NJ Pinelands]

Current college student (at the age of 39) who works in IT and is getting a software engineering degree. Language is fluid and a lot of the current college students grew with a secondary form of communication that had not been present in any previous generation. That of communication via text/instant messaging etc ..., language being fluid some of those old idioms and word usages are being replaced by new ones that are more culturally relevant.

Cars are so good now that not a lot of maintenance needs to be done but are also so complex that you cannot do a lot of your own maintenance, so everyone has a guy or place they get their work done. So a squeaky wheel might not be as relevant as "I'm going to ragequit this order process because Ford seems to be trolling me". Just a change of perception.

Im not a big fan of some of the new words and phrases like, yeet, for example but they seem to be here to stay.

Even I know yeet is what people in Texas use for “Y’all eat yet.”

 

[Old Ranchero]

But sometimes the nail that sticks out gets hammered. Glad it went the right direction for this guy!

true but, if you are a hammer, everything looks like nails

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