Jim Warman Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 From this day forward, please refer to me as a mechanic rather than a tech.... I've had my fill with lube techs, tire techs, nail care techs - ad infinitum. Calling me a mechanic.... or even a (EEWWWWW) "grease monkey" would be much better than equating me with these sorts of under-achievers...... The title "mechanic" is one that I can wear with pride.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 Quote: Ford Senior Mechanic Diesel Certified Instructor - Lesser Slave Regional Fire Servce Staff Mechanic - 6literpowerstroke.com Curmudgeon Nahhh... it doesent look right. I sense there's a story behind this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 No, nothing relating, at least. Just a horrible end to a horrible week. You know the kind.... It starts with service writers trying to please too many people and wind up not booking enough time for each job. Naturally, a record number of jobs take that inevitable leap sideways... The shop foreman... when him an his cup of coffee aren't hiding, is busy doing driveway misdiagnostics - including erasing any codes... it'd be nice if he could at least write them down. At any given time, we can have as many as 30 white SuperDuties out back... through the marvels of miscommunication and misdirection, we can spend an hour trying to recreate a customer concern - only to find out "someone" got their trucks mixed up... Stir in the required number of customers that want "A" fixed when you know it is "B" that is pooched... Just longing for the good old days... before we had these magical machines we can plug in under the dash and tell the truck to heal itself... back when something that was broken stayed broken so we could find it... before my barber became a hair technician with an over priced car and an over-inflated ego to go along with it.... And how was everyone elses week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqued_Up Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Sounds like a normal week for me. Sometimes I think the word diesel makes some service writers stupid-up real quick. "Okay sir, it's a diesel Super Duty? And it's doing what..." as their eyes glaze over while they can't type fast enough to get the guy out of their face. This probably why I constanly have them call the customer back so I can figure out what the REAL complaint is. Sometimes I get the feelin that my job is based on what others don't want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captchas Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 be thank full you don't work on vw's, 80 hours clock time fix a main wireing harrness problem ,dang it my ford sd runs great 0 problems so far at 17k, thanks ford techs for trying so hard to fixem correct the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey captchas, how's the new job goin? I thought you moved up... not on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captchas Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 i did till i blew both knees and back out, i moved on to the rank of RETIRED. or in my case 100% disabled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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