So there I wuz...
Parked at a doctors office while a chillun did their appointment. Happily reading a historical novel (Roman). To my left comes a significant CRUNCH. I look over, and someone had nosed their little Kia hard up on the sidewalk. The driver backed off, with a less significant crunch. More of a 'scrunch' really.
Looking at the damage that I could see, my experience in auto service put the ticket at $1200 to $1500. Ouch.
Two ladies exited the vehicle, proceeded to walk to the cupcake store, and neither looked at the vehicle even once. Not even a glance.
Huh.
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I was a service technician for years. Details matter. Clues are information. As i gained experience in the field i could look at a car and know whether or not they would purchase the recommended repair or preventative service.
Yeah, I thought I was good at that too, but every once in a while somebody said 'Fix It' when the bill would far exceed the value of the vehicle. Then again, one of those people was a dad whose 240 I kept alive years past the time it should have been scrapped. I asked how long he was going to keep the thing, and he said as long I was here to work on it. He pointed out he had sent three girls through college by driving the Swedish roller skate and making no car payments.
Lol sometimes a customer will throw a curve ball at you.
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