The case of the mixed up engineer
Background: While driving in the normal spot of traffic that plague
the small towns in Ohio one of us saw a nice new Chevrolet Cavalier
going 20 miles under the speed limit and noticed that the newer
styles were missing something. After staring blankly and
subsequently running into the nice new car we thought of it. "Its
missing the damned Chevrolet tag on the back!" To our wonder the
people in the car we had just hit didn't seemed to enthused with out
newly found thought. When the heat from the trial had subsided we
decided to investigate why the change had taken place.
Info: So far we've called into the Chevrolet home offices and to
our surprise no one could help us though they did mention we might
want to contact the engineering department for GM and they might
have some insight (also they noted that they can change the plans at
will without notice and might have done it for a "refreshing
look"). We then called back and tried to get a number for the
engineering department but to no avail...they only had a snail mail
address. Not being one to take the first answer we also called into
a local Chevrolet dealership and someone did give us a suggestion as
to why. They stated that sometimes the plans given to the plants
can be mixed up and it might have just gotten switched at some point
(human error). Well our ravenous hunger for the truth still yearns
for yet an even more detailed answer. So we will be calling the GM
main offices to see if we can't talk to either another historian
(see the Mr. Rogers trolley scandal) or maybe even someone in the
elusive engineering department. On a side not also the number the
operator gave us from GM for the engineering department was a non
working number...maybe the engineers are alien influences? The
truth is out there...or at least a half assed answer to disregard
our question.
Well we did finally Get a hold of someone and they actually did the
research for us (we have a source for stupid questions on the inside
now) after going through two days of actually making the engineers
talk (they are not too fond of people I guess). Turns out that GM
in all it's wisdom and glory decided it would be a "good"
idea to take Chevrolet off the cars and put the bow tie on there
instead. The actual word switch was partly due to the fact they
probably have some theory that the human psyche takes change well
when you switch it around. So instead of saying "Man having them
switched is stupid” you will be saying "Man I sure wish they would
put back the Chevrolet letters because that bow tie is butt ugly".
So when you see a bow tie car next time remember to A) Not run into
one like we decided to, and B) Make sure to curse the engineers at
Chevrolet for signing that deal with the devil (Hey the little bow
tie is a sign of the Apocalypse...you must have missed that page but
its there).
