Wednesday, March 2
Tuesday, March 1
Prehaps you'd better start at the begining....
It all started with a pot hole, a rather big pot hole that I hit in my car one night. I buckled a wheel and damaged a tyre. Not a big deal until I discovered the wheel bearing was damaged and a hub and a calliper and a drive shaft got damaged as I removed it from my car. Hence I ordered a hub off ebay. The second hand hub arrived bent, the second hand drive shaft arrived with damage too and was useless and the brake calliper from a local parts shop was for the wrong side when I opened the box.
Nobody gives a damn any more about the parts they sell on ebay. They price them cheaply so its not worth your while posting them back. A crafty trick. Once they have your money they don't care. Any way after several frustrating weeks my car is back together, but the worst is yet to come as the windscreen needed replacing. Well im not messing around doing that. I called in a professional national firm to fit it. Autoglass. What could possibly go wrong now ?
Autoglass arrived one morning to remove broken screen. Unfortunately the man said he must return in a weeks times as it was a 2 man job to remove the old screen ? OK, fair enough. Another week later 2 men turned up with a new screen but that one had a damaged electrical connection. They fitted it any way as a weather proofing fix and would replace it in another week with a new hopefully correct one. Another week later I get a phone call. Appointment cancelled. Another week later ( today ) the wrong glass is stock. Next Friday is now D - day, but im not holding my breath. I make it that im in week 4 now of waiting. Oh and the car I bought recently is back in the garage having a gearbox repair done under warranty. So what have I learnt this past month. Why have things gone so badly wrong ?
My paranoid side says that the window screen firm is having a laugh. The receptionist when I ring up is a Scottish youth. He sounds tinny and false on the phone. He doesn't have any gravitas about him. He even sounds slightly amused somehow. Why cant people stick to a date to get work done ? The same thing happened this morning when Halfords rang me up to change an appointment to fit a car CD player in my wifes car. People just cannot stick to a time or date. It is as though they compulsive urge to change said date at last minute.
Another reason things have gone so wrong is that nobody cares about the items they are selling anymore or whether they are damaged. As long as they get their money they don't give a fudge anymore. In fact people just buy a whole new car rather than mess around fixing it. I am an outdated person who fixes things. Truth be told I haven't the energy for that anymore. The number 23 has started appearing again so there is more turmoil and change ahead once more... I need to look again at what my expectations are of any firm doing work for me, and then revise them downwards. In fact ive already started with Halfords. I will be very surprised if they actually fit a CD player on a Friday. The employee who rang up today to change the time muttered something about it being due to a mans shift finishing. Bloody hell he we go again...
I feel a lot better for writing this down as I have been filled with anger about how times and people are so useless recently. Its a sad reflection on what weve become. In fact such a sea change is quite worrying and it makes me tense. It is uncomfortable to think that your actions may have to be decided by what requires the least energy to do or the easiest option. No longer can I rely on other people. Those days have gone for ever
Nobody gives a damn any more about the parts they sell on ebay. They price them cheaply so its not worth your while posting them back. A crafty trick. Once they have your money they don't care. Any way after several frustrating weeks my car is back together, but the worst is yet to come as the windscreen needed replacing. Well im not messing around doing that. I called in a professional national firm to fit it. Autoglass. What could possibly go wrong now ?
Autoglass arrived one morning to remove broken screen. Unfortunately the man said he must return in a weeks times as it was a 2 man job to remove the old screen ? OK, fair enough. Another week later 2 men turned up with a new screen but that one had a damaged electrical connection. They fitted it any way as a weather proofing fix and would replace it in another week with a new hopefully correct one. Another week later I get a phone call. Appointment cancelled. Another week later ( today ) the wrong glass is stock. Next Friday is now D - day, but im not holding my breath. I make it that im in week 4 now of waiting. Oh and the car I bought recently is back in the garage having a gearbox repair done under warranty. So what have I learnt this past month. Why have things gone so badly wrong ?
My paranoid side says that the window screen firm is having a laugh. The receptionist when I ring up is a Scottish youth. He sounds tinny and false on the phone. He doesn't have any gravitas about him. He even sounds slightly amused somehow. Why cant people stick to a date to get work done ? The same thing happened this morning when Halfords rang me up to change an appointment to fit a car CD player in my wifes car. People just cannot stick to a time or date. It is as though they compulsive urge to change said date at last minute.
Another reason things have gone so wrong is that nobody cares about the items they are selling anymore or whether they are damaged. As long as they get their money they don't give a fudge anymore. In fact people just buy a whole new car rather than mess around fixing it. I am an outdated person who fixes things. Truth be told I haven't the energy for that anymore. The number 23 has started appearing again so there is more turmoil and change ahead once more... I need to look again at what my expectations are of any firm doing work for me, and then revise them downwards. In fact ive already started with Halfords. I will be very surprised if they actually fit a CD player on a Friday. The employee who rang up today to change the time muttered something about it being due to a mans shift finishing. Bloody hell he we go again...
I feel a lot better for writing this down as I have been filled with anger about how times and people are so useless recently. Its a sad reflection on what weve become. In fact such a sea change is quite worrying and it makes me tense. It is uncomfortable to think that your actions may have to be decided by what requires the least energy to do or the easiest option. No longer can I rely on other people. Those days have gone for ever
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