"Customers are allowed to make bad decisions, and I'm allowed to charge them to do it a second time." - Norman Glazier. Jake, Mike, Ali, Eric, and special guest Norman Glazier have a wild time with topics such as math and conversions, Certified Pre-Owned warranties, analog versus digital gas pedals, yet another Transit van story, a broken engine, airline experiences, uninformed Mazda employees, A/C concerns on new cars, the broken engine guy mystery, lots of jokes, and Listener Mail! Check us ou...
Apr 21, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 10
This week Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric blabber about fighting words, unpopular opinions, clearing monitors, an overheating F-150, guessing labor times, dealing with insurance adjusters, multitasking, Mike's newest hat, training, the Edison truck update, our favorite candy bars, we precisely define what Mode 6 data is, and of course many jokes! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email ...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric talk about awkward engagements with your General Manager, chasing misfires and The Never-Ending Raptor, vehicles consuming oil, the "I have a guy" complex, accidents at work, putting fuel in your vehicle, updating scan tools and outside diagnostics, accents, jokes, and how Lexus is just a fancy Toyota. Oh, and many tangents! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_Stat...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric invite you to pull up a beverage and laugh about a big oopsie, ideas for dealership-based reality TV shows, Crowning achievements, quality control, stop sale recalls, how approved is approved, miscommunications, tire shop antics, how much CAN you write off?, parts availability, and of course, tangents right out of the gate. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_State...
Mar 11, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Mike, Ali, and Eric get caught up after a week off with tales of new F150 problems, wood-wind woes, a viral video gone wrong, wheel debacles, a Mobile Service mistake, ignoring rental agreement contracts, discussing pay amongst employees and asking for a raise, not harassing Jake while he's at home sick, some interesting expressions, a few jokes, and many interruptions from Koa. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter...
Feb 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric have a great time talking about dump trucks, the 7 Deadly Sins of American Highways, clearing the service drive at night, getting T-boned by a Fusion, more incorrect parts, a potential new segment called "Things You See During Mobile Service", Eric saves the day, a Mazda self-audit, and of course joke time with Madame Montenegro. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer...
Feb 11, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Jake, Mike, Ali, Eric, and special guest Norman Glazier discuss the new Mazda CX-90, electric vehicle logistics and usage, a very smelly customer, dealing with insurance adjusters, nightmare workplaces, management not having your back, employee reviews, and how to not fall into a rut of abuse. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com to send us...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Tangents and banter filled as usual, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric guide you through their past week of mayhem including stories of when you "think" you know what you're doing, paying attention in the shop, survey scores, turkey calls resulting in a broken Ali, interior water leak nightmares, a new Mazda, eating Sushi, rotating techs, a couple conversations about sand, a few Game Of Thrones references, shop meetings, and following the rules 100% of the time. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, ...
Jan 28, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric talk about getting the shakes, updating customers, punch times, little red men, Jake's typical day, turning your wipers down, automatic headlights, a parasitic draw claim, how the job isn't done until the vehicle leaves the shop, a Mazda Field Service Engineer story, and lots of hand farts. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodca...
Jan 21, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Welcome to Season Three! Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric wrap up the holidays, lament about working on rust bucket vehicles, we get an update on Eric's Transit van's including a Block Tease, we learn how amazing Ford warranty is, have a few "ever since ya..." stories, talk Mazda buy back, discuss how customers are not technicians, we hear about an unfortunate series of events, and of course many tangents, some of which are educational. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio,...
Jan 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Happy New Years! With Eric absent due to being under the weather, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Kevin talk about an ideal world where Service Advisors are replaced by iPads, a flooded office, doing the Heimlich, shop workflow or lack thereof, semantics, mobile service, some spicy chips, and of course many tangents! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.c...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 70
In this festive episode, Jake (happy birthday), Mike, Ali, and Eric jingle the bells, complain about wild customers and their equally wild concerns, Eric's near-death experience, sexual harassment training, driving like a peasant without cruise control, our favorite Christmas movies, the woes of being a working shop foreman, recalls and reprogramming, birddogs, YouTube bakers, a special holiday gift from Ford, and many many tangents. Thank you for hooch Travis Farris! And as, please drink respon...
Dec 24, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric bring you topics such as new Mobile Service Vans, video multipoint inspections, updates to multiple ongoing projects, and an absolute ton of tangents and tomfoolery. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com to send us a voice memo, Listener Mail, topic idea or picture, or to get your very own #SellTheBell and our Custo...
Dec 17, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 68
With Jake out sick, Mike, Ali, Eric, and special return guest Will Tomczak laugh about archaic dealership technology, mechanic 101, how CHRISTIAN SHOULD DO HIS JOB!, warranty administrator relationships, shop meetings, high octane situations, body shop project update, missed diagnoses and having to pick up the slack, stupid cost cap tools, and a very special Listener Mail! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and I...
Dec 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Jake, Mike, Ali, Eric, and special guest Tommy De La Cruz talk about molding new employees, how to blame everything on your apprentice, processes, uneducated customers, a "sexist" advisor, intergalactic backorder parts, a follow up on VW diagnosis time discrepancies, the team environment, guessing ages, venting about work, fresh moldable employees, the Transit engine update, car graveyards, and many horrible jokes. Special shout out to Sydney and Emily aka Laverne and Shirley! Check us out on Sp...
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Gobble Gobble! In this festive episode Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric give thanks for a very special mystery drink from a customer and talk about being in the "top percentile", rodent repellent devices, getting the wrong engine, how you can't make money if you don't have parts, a scare on the drive, clocking overtime versus being efficient, modified exhausts, clearing your bay, selling tires, programming nightmares, and a few jokes from Jake and Eric. Oh, and tangents galore! Check us out on Spotify,...
Nov 26, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 65
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric talk about how TSBs do not dictate warranty, customers who take their own cars apart, when brakes and broken, buy back processes and Lemon Law, a warranty truck engine, "hamburbers", alliterations, alternative transportation claims, no cap, and a very special Listener Mail! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com to s...
Nov 19, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 64
This week Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric bring you subjects like Mustang drivers, "professionals", getting yelled at, witness marks, chasing the dollar, loving dogs, pizza parties, technical difficulties, being deformed from impact, used Miata's, lots of jokes, and answering a listener's question! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com to send us ...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric talk about "unsafe" working conditions, ultimate pranks, Pumpkin Spiced things, glizzies, how you gotta pay to play, customer perception, why it's important to stay in your lane, value for cost of service, customer perception, consent, being certified and thrown to the wolves, pedestrians struck by customers, podcast structure, and Mike gets knocked out. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitte...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 62
In this week's episode, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric talk about inside jokes like "George Co'stand'za", Jake actually being busy, tool trucks, happy retirement parties and the inclusion of pizza, rockslides, downed phone lines and corrupt files, driving expensive cars, and of course many tangents! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com to send u...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In this amazing episode, Jake, Mike, Ali, Eric, and special guest Omar discuss the elderly, nighttime butterflies and how they move weird, dodging tool bills, the blame game, popular musical references, one time use parts, warranty claims, the Swedish Chef, one nightstand baby, core returns, and of course a few tangents. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStates...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Enjoy another great time with Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric as they talk about tooth fairies, Matco and Milwaukee, full moons, Harry Potter references, Final Destination, Miata owners getting plowed in the rear, Mike sells a car, lunch sandwiches or lack thereof, synchronicity, new processes, overtime, and many more tangents! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerState...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Please enjoy Best Of: Season Two of Customer States... Podcast! Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com to send us a voice memo, Listener Mail, topic idea or picture, or to get your very own #SellTheBell and our Customer States… Stickers! Check out our website at www.CustomerStatesPodcast.com! Find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/CustomerStates...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Jake the "Fidget Spinner", Mike, Ali, and Eric bring up topics such as techs at school, warranty happy customers, attempting to duplicating intermittent noises, marketing and advertising, broken teeth, new tech updates, transportation damage, how amazing Ford warranty is, how customers get "warranty happy", and Eric and Jake share some jokes. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Emai...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric talk about getting a gay best friend, new Mazdas, carbon copy definitions, fresh hazing, lube rack pay plans, eliminating unapplied labor, no parts, moving out, "moving" technicians, telling angry people to calm down, email debacles, and Eric's first day at his new dealership. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_States, Email us at CustomerStatesPodcast@gmail.com t...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 56
In this emotional episode, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Coffee Cart Barista Eric talk about dog names, dealership inspections and revamps, pay plans and what they mean for you, uncalled for emails, electronic repair orders, breaking up with your local Starbucks, Eric's journey onward and upward, and the possibility that no one uses the word "gusto" anymore. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many other streaming platforms! Twitter and Instagram @Customer_State...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 55
In a much cooler episode (temperature wise), Jake, Mike, Ali and Eric promptly all take Malort shots and talk about how relatively simple repairs can turn into giant fiascos, sensitive knees, vehicles that are deemed "unsafe to drive", communication or lack thereof, brand new failed parts, a slow clap for Ali, how hard it is sometimes to put on a nice face for customers, nice customers who bring you work treats, how Eric wastes electricity, how windshield impact damage is still not covered, and ...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 54
In this scorching episode, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric try and battle a hot studio while talking about heat seaters(?), Saturday service, forward wheel drives(?), the differences between bolts and screws, unapplied labor and how it may apply to you, appropriate pay, the famous "Disappearing Porter Act", loaners and online scheduling, leftover repair orders, and going above and beyond the call of duty at times. Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Cast, IHeartRadio, YouTube and many othe...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Despite minor audio problems in the first quarter, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric bring you lighthearted talk about how one time use parts are similar to spaghetti, brake pads of yesteryear, Disney references galore, an angry Yelp mom, kudos from the boss, vegan turbos, learning how to operate your new vehicle, being accountable for your actions, and we peel back the curtain as Mike makes a special announcement live on the podcast. Also, what is butter? Check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 52
In this special episode brought to you by Covid, Jake, Mike, Ali, and Eric share some technical difficulties, Jake almost finally gets an answer to what his mysterious car noise is, the gang shares woes of the Takata air bag recall and a very difficult Mazda B-Series truck, Covid brain fog occurs, there's a special care package for Eric, missed recall reports and deadlines, not enough staffing to get the jobs done, the (maybe) final Liability update, and ideas on how to deal with the summer heat...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 51
