Fw: Monkey Lads

[Roger M. Woodbury]

 > ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>
> To: <JordanVw at aol.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 6:56 AM
> Subject: Monkey Lads
>
>
> > A couple of years ago, I took my father's Audi to THE PREMIER EURO AUTO
> > REFINISHING/RESTORING facility in northern New England.  I knew the
owner
> > well, and had done business there in past times.  The work had always
been
> > meticulous and magic looking.
> >
> > Anyway, they had hired this special guy to do serious detailing, and my
> > father's '89 Audi needed the rocker panel rash corrected, a few dings
and
> > dents taken out, and a good, serious interior cleaning.
> >
> > My sister and I went to fetch the car, which was about an hour from
where
> > Dad and Mom live.  The bill was eleven hundred, which was as expected,
and
> > the car looked like it had just rolled off the assembly line.  Worth
every
> > penny.
> >
> > It was five o'clock, and all the lads were gone, and the owner finished
> the
> > buisness with me.  We drove off, and my sister began to flash the lights
> in
> > my rear view mirror hysterically about half a mile down the road.  Sure
> > enough, I drove the car fifteen feet, and knew that most of the wheels
> were
> > about to fall off.
> >
> > We managed to get back before the owner left, although he was about to
get
> > into his car for the night.  He personally torqued the wheels properly,
> and
> > we were on our way, with no harm done.
> >
> > The excuse was poor labor.  The real excuse was that even in the very,
> very
> > best of places, often the supervision by management is poor, and the
> > "manager" is busy sitting on his butt in the office watching porn or
just
> > drinking coffee
> >
> > I really am sick of hearing about the "monkey lads" that do evil things
to
> > cars brought in for service.  The truth is that a fish really does stink
> > from the head down, and if there is a problem in the shop, it starts and
> > finishes in the head office.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>