Look what I found under my truck.
07-12-2014, 06:18 PM
#21
Senior Member
I lost an engine when the mechanic was likely "called to do something else" and fu**ed up a simple oil change. So yeah mistakes happen, but in real life you pay for your mistakes, one way or the other. In my case, I paid for someone else's mistakes, and the same thing could have happened here.
07-12-2014, 07:50 PM
#22
Senior Member
I lost an engine when the mechanic was likely "called to do something else" and fu**ed up a simple oil change. So yeah mistakes happen, but in real life you pay for your mistakes, one way or the other. In my case, I paid for someone else's mistakes, and the same thing could have happened here.
07-12-2014, 07:55 PM
#23
Senior Member
That's a hard one to swallow. I had a mechanic use a sledge or something similar flatten one side of the half shaft when he was replacing an axle seal. Long story short, he doesn't work there anymore. They tracked it all the way back to his install and had to replace the whole axle because of his mistake. On their dime. I didn't give them much choice in the matter, though.
bottom line is, I'd keep the light
07-12-2014, 08:17 PM
#24
I can't tell you how many times I have left VERY expensive tools in customers cars and trust me it is NOT BY CHOICE.
When you're working on commission your are stressed to get as many vehicles in and out of your stall so you can pay your rent/mortgage and put food on the table just like every other human being walking this rock.
If you keep the tools I hope karma bites you in the future because that mechanic will inevitably have to replace it, while that may not seem like a big deal to you, that might mean the difference between buying a few more bags of groceries for their family that week or not.
The LAST thing a mechanic wants to do is lose the tools that feeds his family!!!!
You are an idiot if you think otherwise!!! I am not addressing the OP. I AM addressing some of the idiot's posting keeping the tools.
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When you're working on commission your are stressed to get as many vehicles in and out of your stall so you can pay your rent/mortgage and put food on the table just like every other human being walking this rock.
If you keep the tools I hope karma bites you in the future because that mechanic will inevitably have to replace it, while that may not seem like a big deal to you, that might mean the difference between buying a few more bags of groceries for their family that week or not.
The LAST thing a mechanic wants to do is lose the tools that feeds his family!!!!
You are an idiot if you think otherwise!!! I am not addressing the OP. I AM addressing some of the idiot's posting keeping the tools.
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07-12-2014, 08:28 PM
#25
Get over it..the poor guy made your truck right and forgot his light. Your an *** to even put it on this forum.
07-12-2014, 08:32 PM
#26
IT nerd geek DORK NERD
07-12-2014, 08:36 PM
#27
Senior Member
The tool belongs to someone else. Return it and take assurance that right was done. Return carelessness with kindness ... usually works out pretty well.
How would you feel about someone who returned to you a misplaced tool? I'd call that person a friend. OP stated he's going to return the light ... solid.
07-12-2014, 08:37 PM
#29
So the light falls off and hits a motorcycle rider right in the face. The motorcycle rider has his wife on the back when he loses control and hits a pole. But the OP is the *** ?
07-12-2014, 08:43 PM
#30
Humans make mistakes, leaving tools behind is a mistake, an expensive one because the mechanic paid for that tool, not his employer.
Humans are thieves keeping a found tool is a thief.
Nothing more need be said.
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Humans are thieves keeping a found tool is a thief.
Nothing more need be said.
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