Tuesday, January 30, 2007


I just didn't feel like going to church this morning... Or work... hahahahaha... Like you would ever catch me going to church! But I have been getting into this preping for my mornings before I go to bed. Coffee ready to just pour hot water into, washed to go mugs, lunch ready and bagged to take with me... Routine shit, stuff that "normal" people do everyday. Who ever the fuck they are. I've generally been getting to work on time and with a decent attitude. I'ts nice to get to work and be awake and in a good mood. Doesn't happen all that often and when it does it's a good deal for every one. When I'm in a good mood, everyone around me at work has a more pleasent morning.
Mechanic rant: We brought our fifty thousand dollar truck to you. You were the fucking specialist. You charged over three thousand dollars to replace and bullet proof a heavy duty transmission. In three days it failed. I told you on the phone what happened and you told me "That's impossible". I brought it back to you and you tried to blame me for the work I did upgrading the truck years back was the culprit. But on the reciept you gave us; that we paid in full; you stated that your company did a "complete cooling assembly flush and test." Why then, this morning did you call and tell us that the cooling system is plugged. Why did you and your highly trained batch of "service techs" not notice that when the transmission overheated the first time we brought it to you, that the cooling system was not functioning? Hmm... Let me break it down for you. It OVER HEATED, one might naturally think to first look at the COOLING SYSTEM.
Maybe I'm an asshole. But when we brought it to you and told you that this will be the third transmission since ford installed the first one that you might think to ask a few questions... Instaed of thinking you are the fucking best transmission specialest in the world. Who is the asshole now.. No, I dont feel bad for you that you just ate three thousand plus dollars. No, I dont even feel bad that you had to call and apologize for wasting our time and money, I do feel bad for you that a back yard mechanic with no proper training, who specializes in nothing told you what was wrong and then listened to you tell me that "we see this all the time", one upped you... we will be stopping by to watch you bust your knuckles and cry putting in a second transmission later this week...
I hate mechanics...

2 comments:

Black Egg said...

Nice mechanic's rant!

Just visited my mechanic yesterday... he's a good one, fixes stuff on my car all the time for almost nothing, just 'cause he's a good guy. I sit and talk to him while he's under the car in the pit. If it's late in the day we drink some beer, too, I love it. Next time I go there I'm bringing a camera, 'cause he's got all his tools laid out in this messy/neat fan formation at the rear of the pit, right on the floor. Looks really cool.

SOME mechanics are decent...!

INNER VOICES said...

absolutly! some mechanics are great!!! but i dont really know any, well any that want to work on company trucks, ones who have that "cerification"... anyway, glad you have one you trust!