What would you do?

[Meat-Head]

Right, thanks, soory only just see your replies.

On your "to do" list is ring somebody who has blocked you on Twitter
you stalk them, find they been in the trade longer than you.

do you say you been in the trade more years than them
or bump your counter up a bit, so its closer?

URGENT ANSWER NEEDED , THANKS

[Meat-Head]

I think one day we will read a headline in the newspaper about you m8 and we will all say we knew that was coming

Weird, somebody else said the same thing in off line mode recently.

above mentioned woman refused to speak to me


ON TOPIC:-

car comes in, no heater, the coolant turned into snot

so you flush out wiyh hose pipe & water all over.
you get it hot & decide the water will evaporate.

month later car comes back, mil on & off a pot.
you find the water you left went down the spark plug holes
do you

a) hands up, appogise to the customer, fix at your expense
b) tell customer a spark plug was tracking across
Fit new spark plugs & charge the customer?

thanks

[rideon]

None of the above..
Fit new spark leads/spark plugs ,make a quick battery test,he might need one,
If voltmeter doesn't show 14.4 spot on ,sell him a new alternator...
While you are at it check the air filters....might be dirty (else drop it in the dust left on the floor )
Should i continue?...ask customer when was the lat time he changed brake fluid ....while you're at it is impossible not see that he needs new brake pads/disks ...
And i didn't mentioned light bulbs/wipers and headlights that need renewed or at least polished...

BTW, what happened to meatheadmotors co uk??

[Meat-Head]

Moonfruit decided to pull the plug on the free sites.

*HOPE* the domian name is mine & can log into moonfruit & divert it to
elsewhere.

[Meat-Head]

So customer comez in and says something, you then discover they are manufactored
the same week and year, just they are 5 days older yhan you do you

1) add extra ?$€5 to every job for them
2) let it go

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car comes in, non start, you discover the vertically mounted ceramic
platnum tipped parts are covered with excess hydro carbons

you get it running and its a U2 model "Rattle and Hum" its running
no more than 3 minutes, then you grab door handle to drive it out and you get

"chugger chugger *CLUNK*" and then silence is goldern, you try to restart
you grab the cranking handle but its solid!

do you tell punter it "just locked up, it never started"
what do you do say and charge?

thanks

[rideon]

the vertically mounted ceramic
platnum tipped parts are covered with excess hydro carbons

Is the 'yellow' word something translated from german?

Another day/country/season...nonstarter,flat batery...
Push it in, threw charger at it,...4 hours later remembered and turn key to 'start'...
Magic happened and the indaian decided to run..
Noisy environment, thought i heard strange noises under hood and stopped
Told the guy in charge that the engine sounds like a toolbox thrown down the stairs and
he insisted to start the engine again so he can asses the noise...
now.. did I..
1 Aim for cofee
2 Tried arguing
3 start AND rev it
4 start AND rev it without arguing so i can finally aim for cofee???

[Meat-Head]

Yes the "spark plugs" were wet with "petrol"

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Your junior employee makes a simple error caused by some inbred that made the car
diagnostic system, being misleading.

the new part is ?$€ 100, you discover afterwards what computer showed

do you

a) swap new/old part over & fix the fault
b) fix the fault and say nothing
c) fit new part, call customer "got a new fault"

thanks guys.

[Meat-Head]

DUE TO STRICT DK NO ADVERTISING POLICY, CANT DIVILGE NAMES.

So this geezer brings his car in and his byrd is FULL ON JAMB HOT, she asks to use the toilet,
sure, no worries, bit like the one off the movie "train spotting", feel free.

You do the work on his car, You have his name on the visa tab. So of course
to find out who she is, you stalk him, BINGO, found him, seconds later
you find her profile.

You then discover she is not just a "FULL ON JAMB HOT BYRD" be infact
the lead singer in a certain band you have never heard of.

You just type her name or the band name in google, it comes up as top
suggestion

There Twitter feed has less tweets than yours, but 3 times as many followers than yours. You type his name in internet, he crops up first.
there fakebook profile has the "offical" blue tick.

Do you:-

a) put sign on toilet door saying "XXXX Byrd of XXX band used this bog"
b) Tweet him & her a photo of the hex dump out the eeprom, of the old
Part you skanked off his car
C) Tweet them asking for a free advert for your company at next gig they do


Thanks guys

[MJRVR]

DUE TO STRICT DK NO ADVERTISING POLICY, CANT DIVILGE NAMES.

So this geezer brings his car in and his byrd is FULL ON JAMB HOT, she asks to use the toilet,
sure, no worries, bit like the one off the movie "train spotting", feel free.

You do the work on his car, You have his name on the visa tab. So of course
to find out who she is, you stalk him, BINGO, found him, seconds later
you find her profile.

You then discover she is not just a "FULL ON JAMB HOT BYRD" be infact
the lead singer in a certain band you have never heard of.

You just type her name or the band name in google, it comes up as top
suggestion

There Twitter feed has less tweets than yours, but 3 times as many followers than yours. You type his name in internet, he crops up first.
there fakebook profile has the "offical" blue tick.

Do you:-

a) put sign on toilet door saying "XXXX Byrd of XXX band used this bog"
b) Tweet him & her a photo of the hex dump out the eeprom, of the old
Part you skanked off his car
C) Tweet them asking for a free advert for your company at next gig they do


Thanks guys

a) And hang a picture of said bird on the back of the door of the shit house (Inside)

[Meat-Head]

a) And hang a picture of said bird on the back of the door of the shit house (Inside)

What a FANTASTIC idea, thanks, there is PLENTY of photos on the net, just type her name
and hit images. They even have there own page on the BBC website


Just they might be returning for more work to be done.
So could get a photo of her with "Team Meat"!

thanks

[MJRVR]

What a FANTASTIC idea, thanks, there is PLENTY of photos on the net, just type her name
and hit images. They even have there own page on the BBC website


Just they might be returning for more work to be done.
So could get a photo of her with "Team Meat"!

thanks

And plenty of tissue on hand if needed.
Win win situation.

[Meat-Head]

The other parts place in town also has a HOT byrd there, its coming up to valentine day
but you dont know her user name.

you ring up for a price on parts, you ask her name, but only partly rememger it.

couple of hours later you go to the place & get the parts, it turns out she quoted
retail not trade, do you

a) ask the guy her name again so you can send valentine card?
b) not bother
c). Not bother
d) loose intrest.

not sure excact date of manufactor but has to be approx 1998
so not compatable.



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car comes in, wants some modifing to aftermarket security system.

you look at the job, who ever installed it, must have been a prize winning crettin
just NOTHING is right with the job they done.

the owner Tweets you a link to who fitted it, turns out looking at their website
they have "18 years experiance and qualified" err no i dont think so pal, just no no no
menace to yourself and other road users.

you click their Twitter feed, you follow each other, but they not Tweeted for a while

do you

a) tell customer its total trash work they did?
b) Tweet said company telling them it's trash

Then the security system maker, who follow you on Twitter, do you
Include them in your Tweet about bad install?

how long do you wait, as customer wants to complain about the priduct
going faulty, more likly bad fitting, not product fault?!

thanks folks

[rideon]

Tweet em a pic with their job and ask for some pictures from the first year in business...
Only then one can understand what "18 years experiance and qualified" means

[Meat-Head]

Your doing a job at work, customers car, but you need a certain sized drill bit, your boss has a set
you work your way thriugh the box, 3 bits later, getting somewhere when *SNAP* the drill bit snaps
these are not normal ones, there gold colored, come in a fancy box & was ?$€20

you need that size to finish the job, so after work in your own time, you go to the shop & buy one.

packet of two ?2.30, you finish the job in seconds with the new bit, do you

a) replace the one you snapped & give him the other?

B) tell your boss what happened?

C) deny all knowage & leave missing hole in the box?

D) take both bits home?


C & D is my idea, what do you do?

[rideon]

Ill choose F: call the boss(nevermind he is in next room)-angry voice on-
Inform him that is his fault that the drill bit snapped and send him shopping !
The boss must realize that you are the victim here,
and only your skills and quick reactions saved you from serious injuries...

...While he's at it tell him to fetch a new drill machine, the old one got too much play in the chuck...