I go in for a couple of parts for my Miata. It has...

I go in for a couple of parts for my Miata. It has been strewn across my garage for the last two weeks for a front main seal leak, and I'm finally at the point where I just gotta refill fluids and get it going again.
Granted, when I first talked to the parts manager, I misspoke, and told him the brake line hose I needed was off the valve cover, rather than the intake manifold. The washer I needed was on the valve cover but was for the banjo bolt at the back end, for the vvt actuator.
No parts numbers.
So, he comes back in after looking for what I needed with the wrong size washer. (I have mine on hand)
I tell him that it's the wrong size, and correct what I had said about the hose. I pull up a picture of my engine and zoom in on the parts I need: that hose there, brake line off intake manifold. This copper crush washer off the back of the vvt actuator, on top of the valve cover.
A body shop guy had come in, and needed parts. The parts manager looks at him, gives him an exasperated look, and says "I'm gonna be.... A minute."
Like I'm not standing right there and can see the look on his face.
So, manager comes back in, give the body shop guy his parts and tells me they have to order the crush washer. Ok.
He then pulls up a diagram of the valve cover and points to the hose that attaches to the pcv valve.
"This is the hose you asked for on the valve cover.."
-What? No, the hose I need is on the intake manifold.
He sighs.
"Just show me the picture again"
When he comes back the third time, he tells me Mazda doesn't make that hose anymore.
After this experience, I'm inclined to not believe him.
It's for an 02. Not an 89, which I might expect, but an 02. The NB's went to 06, if I'm not mistaken, and this experience seems more like he felt like he was wasting his time.
I understand I misspoke, and I understand I didn't have parts numbers. But those looks, sighs, and the tone of voice was completely unnecessary.