The Outdoor Pre-owned Auto Parts Warehouse

I went to the junk yard with my husband today. I was surprised at how not junky it was. The cars were lined up neatly in numbered rows, and divided into labeled sections of different types of cars. It was like an outdoor warehouse, like a Sam's Club for car parts with no ceiling.

At Sam's Club

you walk through the giant parking lot to get to the store (sometimes in the rain)

you show them your ID

they point you in the right direction, but don't wait on you

you procure the items that you want

you buy your items

you bag them yourself with bags you brought, or fumble with not bagged items

you walk through the giant parking lot to find your car (sometimes in the rain)

At the junk yard

you sign in

they point you in the right direction, but don't wait on you

you walk through the giant parking lot to find your car (sometimes in the rain)

you procure the items that you want

you walk through the giant parking lot back to the check-out (sometimes in the rain)

you buy your items

you bag them yourself with bags you brought, or fumble with not bagged items.

Very similar, except it's up-cycling when you buy parts at the junk yard.

They should call it the Outdoor Pre-owned Auto Parts Warehouse.

Today, we were lucky. We missed the rain.