MUSTA NOTA READ ABOUT "IMPACT MAN IN MY LINK"!
HYPOTHETICAL. YOU ARE GOING FROM SHOP TO SHOP WITH NICHOLAS CAGE, ON "LEADS" THAT ONE OF THEM HAS THE THE ORIGINAL CHROME TRIM THAT YOU ARE MISSING ON THE BACK GLASS OF YOUR '63 NOVA PROJECT CAR. THE OLD NOVA IS GONNA NEED A REAR MAIN SEAL ALSO, AND YOU ARE SHOPPING FOR A SHOP
AT SHOP "1", NICK IS INQUIRING ABOUT THE TRIM AND YOU'VE BEEN STANDING THERE WATCHIN' A FELLER PICK UP THE NEW OIL PUMP OFF OF THE FLOOR AND KINDA SHAKE THE OIL DRY OFF OF IT, THEN FUMBLING AROUND IN AN ATTEMPT TO INSTALL IT.
THEN DAYS LATER OVER AT SHOP "2", AGAIN, SMOOTH TALKIN' NICK IS AT IT AGAIN, AS YOU WATCH A MAN STANDING THERE, COMPARING AN OLD PART TO THE NEW, DECIDED IT WAS WRONG, BEFORE HE INSTALLED IT. THEN WHEN HE GOT THE RIGHT ONE, FRESH OUT OF THE BOX, HE METICULOUSLY, WIPED IT, AND THE MATING SURFACE SO CLEAN IT WOULD PASS NASA STANDARDS.
WHICH SHOP DO YOU WANT TO WORK ON YOUR RIG?
MUST YOU ASK "NICK"?
WHAT IF NICK SAYS SHOP "1" IS GONNA DO IT $25 LESS THAN SHOP "2"?
WOW! SAVE $25!---OR SPEND $25 MORE FOR THE REAR MAIN SEAL?
THREE MONTHS LATER YOU ARE ON A ROAD TRIP IN THE NOVA WITH NICK. ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME. DO YOU WONDER IF YOUR REAR MAIN BEARING CAP WAS TIGHTENED WITH A TORQUE WRENCH OR BY "FEEL" WITH A RATCHET?
I'M NOT SAYING A BIG SHOP HAS DUMB PEOPLE---ARE YOU SAYING THE MAN AT THE AUTO SALVAGE YARD SHOP/ THE FELLER WHO DOES SIDE WORK AT THE AUTO PARTS STORE IS LESS CAPABLE? I'M JUST SAYING THERE ARE LESSER EXPENSIVE PLACES THAN THE STEALERSHIP AND A BIG SHOP. YOU JUST GOTTA SORTA KNOW HOW TO RECON FOR ONE THAT IS COMPETENT AND CHEAPER. IDIOTS CAN BE FOUND IN ANY SHOP.
AND DUMB PEOPLE MIGHT LET IDIOTS WORK ON THERE STUFF!
CASE IN POINT:
NEW HOUSE PIPED UP BY "CARPENTERS" (A LOOSELY USED TERM)
SUPER PLUMBER (ME) CALLED IN 3 MONTHS LATER---AWFUL SMELLS
FAMILY OF 3 DADDY, MAMA, 6 MONTH OLD CRUMB SNATCHER
MAMA AND KID HOME. MAMA'S FATHER, CONTRACTED THE HOUSE BUILT. CHEAP
SUPER PLUMBER FINDS THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO TRAPS ANYWHERE IN THE DWELLING. NOT AT TUBS, LAVS, KIT SINK, WASHING MACHINE. THERE ARE NO VENTS OUT OF THE ROOF (TRAPS MUST BE VENTED CORRECTLY, OR THEY DO NOT WORK. IF THEY ARE EVEN THERE!)
THE "TRAP" IS NOT DESIGNED TO CATCH YOU LITTLE DIAMOND EARRING, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD WATER, AT AT ALL TIMES (REASON FOR PROPER VENTS, OTHERWISE "SIPHONING" WOULD S. UCK 'EM DRY)
THE "TRAP" HOLDS WATER, THUS KEEPING HARMFUL SEWER GASES AND AIRBORNE DISEASE BEARING MOLECULES. METHANE. ETC!
TOLD GAL THE HOUSE WOULD NEED TO BE PLUMBED. NOT RE-PLUMBED. IT NEVER HAD BEEN THAT WAY TO BEGIN WITH. PIPES WERE GLUED TOGETHER, EVEN THAT WAS BOTCHED UP!
I TOLD HERE IT WAS A HEATH HAZARD, COULD MAKE YOU SICK. OR EVEN DIE! WALLS NEED TO COME OUT, AND SOME CEILINGS. SHE ASKED IF IT WERE DANGEROUS, HOW LONG COULD SHE STAY THERE WITH THE CRUMB SNATCHER AND NOT GET SICK?
AS BAD AS IT SMELLED IN THERE---I TOLD HER I SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE 1-2 HOURS I HAD BEEN IN THERE, INVESTIGATING. (MUCH LESS 3 MONTHS OF THINKING THIS WAS NORMAL)
SHE CALLED HER DAD, DAD TOLD HER TO GO TO HIS HOUSE HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. SO I WENT BACK TO THE SHOP AND WORKED UP AN ESTIMATE TO FIX THE MESS.
I SEEN HER DAD 2 MONTHS LATER, I ASKED IF HE HAD GOTTEN IT FIXED, IF NOT, I STILL HAD THE ESTIMATE, THAT HE NEVER CALLED ABOUT.
GET THIS!
HE SAID HE HAD "THEM" COME BACK AND FIX IT RIGHT!
SO I RECKON, YOU CAN GET INCOMPETENT IGNORANT FELLERS TO EITHER GIVE YOU A BOTCHED UP JOB----OR A "TO CODE" FIXED RIGHT JOB, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER!
SAME GOES FOR OTHER TRADES."THIS MAN SCREWED MY CAR UP SO BAD.I'M GONNA LET HIM FIX IT!"
I WRITE THIS STUFF IN HOPES THAT SOMEONE MAY BENEFIT, NOT TO PIZZ SOMEONE OFF, ETC. NOT TO IMPROVE MY TYPING SKILLS (HUNT AND PECKING SKILLS)!
THE MEDIC
Sunday, January 29th, 2012 AT 5:45 AM
