This one actually comes in by suggestion. I wish I could remember from where, but I thought it was a great idea. We all have things that bug us about the jobs we …
This one actually comes in by suggestion. I wish I could remember from where, but I thought it was a great idea. We all have things that bug us about the jobs we …
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My pet peeve are the customers who think that their needs must be met before the needs of everyone else, even if that puts a person ahead of them in line behind them. Another were customers who blamed the mechanics for the problem with their car or the fact that part was not immediately available to fix their car. I remember two instances of that when I was working as a mechanic. One was a car did a tune up on, the customer came back and said I broke his Automatic transmission. We put the car on the hoist and found that the nylon bushing on the shift link had hardened and cracked. We replaced the $0.03 bushing at no charge to shut the guy up. The next time it was a brand new Mercedes Benz E-Class. It had a Y-Shaped hose that went from the water pump to the heater core to another part on engine. It was Brand New and Under Warranty, when the hose failed at the point where it split into two branches. The Dealer I was at did not have that hose in stock. and the guy, who was a lawyer blew up. This was in the Sixties, when parts from Germany took 6 weeks to arrive. I was going to suggest I cut the hose and put in a temporary t-fitting in place until the hose arrived when he attacked me because the hose was not in stock. It was probably not my best moment when I decided not to suggest a t-fitting to fix his problem to get back on the road.
BTW, Mercedes had lots of problem with those hoses and came back with a system that eliminated one arm of the hose, keeping the part that went to the heater, but simply capping off the fitting where the other end went. Evidently, whatever reason it was put in was not important enough to do something else. I would have thought using a Y or T-coupling would have fixed the problem while retaining the original purpose of the Y-Hose intact, because it was invariably where the hose split into two parts that it failed.
my worst is someone droping off there car and takeing home the keys
we had a little old lady come in we was looking for wheel lock this lady was very nice i see her at the donut shop everyday i found a very big a dilldo in the trunk and my buddy turn it on before i touch it i got gross out nevet went back
Auto owners with obd readers, and reset happy! Then cant remember the code that was given. But you can fix it right?
How about the mechanic that forgets to put back the wheel lock into your car and few months later u go put winter tires on and shit where’s my key hahaha
The car is making a "funny noise" & not a description of a sound or feeling, sucks! My ex said that always!
LoL yeah the ppl who want something fixed like AC or stereo system and the car doesn't run, or electrical system is in bad shape for a stereo system.
Ha. My birthday was yesterday lol
I had a customer come in insisting that I fix his A/C right away(!); I got the gauges hooked up and asked him to start the car. Although the gauges indicated that the compressor had gone to compressor heaven, I was listening to one of the most horrific rod knocks I had heard in forty years of repairing automobiles. When I told him that his A/C compressor had expired, he wanted it replaced — pronto! When I also told him that his engine was about to join the compressor in automobile heaven, he told me that I didn't know what I was talking about and that he was going to find another shop where they wouldn't try to B.S. him and rip him off.
I disconnected the gauges — without charging him a dime — closed the hood, and wished him luck. As he left my shop, he decided to show me "what was what" by burning off a bit of rubber as he left. After about two feet of smoky burnout, a loud CLANK came from his car, followed by a column of smoke and a widening oil spill underneath. Sure enough, one of the rods was poking out of the side of the block.
He ended up junking the car, and I paid two hundred bucks to get some of the parts from it.
I hate when people insist on using junk parts so they can save 20 bucks then come back saying "it's still not working, what else could it be?!" …it's called -you're an idiot