I’m just a dog, kick me
I’m reminded of a situation where I helped someone frequently and found myself kicked in the stomach for what I thought was being a good friend. I remember this woman that came to see me often for repair work on a very sporty red Toyota Celica, it was a very pretty car. Her name was Terry and she also became friends with me and my second wife. In fact we ended up becoming very good friends and often had threesomes together on the weekends. But that’s a whole ‘nother story. I’ll save it for later. But, I ended up screwing her in more ways than one.
She would bring her Toyota in for any type of service that it needed and it was a good professional relationship and I always looked out for her, gave her great prices on my work and made sure her car was always in top condition, often taking it in on the weekends to accommodate her work schedule. This went on for at least a couple years, when suddenly she became enamored over a BMW that was up for sale. She had gotten a nice raise at her job and wanted something a bit classier looking than the Toyota. She asked me to inspect it to make sure that it was in good condition and that it needed no major repairs before she bought it.
It turned out to be a very solid car and I gave her the green light on the purchase. I usually charge for the service of driving and doing a thorough inspection, including putting it on the lift and checking the brakes and the undercarriage for accident damage. Not to mention checking for a slew of other potential trouble spots. I knew she would bring the car to me for future service and I was happy to take care of that for her.
Maybe 6 months later when she was at our house one weekend she told us that the BMW had broken down and that she had taken it to the dealer for repair. I was stunned. I knew there was no dealer warranty on the used car and I couldn’t believe she had taken it somewhere else for service. It turns out that she looked upon me as just a mechanic not a fukkin’ BMW mechanic and that she felt her special German scheibekasten (shit box) needed special care! Uhmm hello!! I’m a qualified mechanic and I had worked at a shop that serviced only Beamers, she knew this but ignored it for some reason. I held my tongue and let it ride, sometimes people just don’t think. I knew the dealer was going to charge her out the wazoo for the repairs and they did. They really put the screws to her money wise, I happily found out later. And to top all this off she often called and asked me for advice on repairs and if I thought the dealer was being honest about what she needed done, and yet she still brought it to the dealer!
Now you would think this is the end of this story, but it’s not, I got to screw her again myself in a big way. About another 6 months passed and she had come across ANOTHER BMW that she was interested in buying and was going to sell hers for this newer model. Guess who she brings it to for pre-purchase inspection? Haha yep, the dog got that pleasure. I looked it over thoroughly and it was a real piece of crap, I wouldn’t have bought the damn thing with someone else’s money, the engine was in bad shape and the transmission wasn’t sounding too good either. I knew she was in for a world of financial hurt if she bought this thing. I also knew she wasn’t going to bring it to me for future service, now why did she bother me with the inspection? I had stupidly set a precedent for not charging her for that service and I suddenly realized how I would get pay back.
When she came to pick it up she of course asked how was the car, I said “It’s pretty solid and it should be a great car. I would buy it if I were you.”
She bought it and she was screwed, I felt a bit guilty but not sorry at all. Don’t kick the dog.
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Anyone dumb enough to bring their car to a dealership for non-warranty repair work deserves whatever happens to them. I learned that lesson when my dealer wanted $700 to replace a timing belt and the local mechanic across the street from my job at the time charged me $120.
Gooch= theres a lot of dishonest shops out there and just because they are factory backed and have a $50,000 dollar fancy sign and a 5 million dollar facility doesn’t mean they’re gonna be honest. The best bet is to support your local shop thats not being subsidized by the manufacturer on cars that are out of warranty. Finding a good and honest shop is best done through word of mouth. There are plenty of honest small shops, i know, I worked at many. I also worked at a few unsrupulous ones too but i left quickly, those guys weren’t just screwing the customers, they were screwing the techs doing the work too. of course the few gives the many a black eye, but that happens in every business, doesn’t it?
good for you for supporting your next door neighbor’s business!
Seven,
Hugh. Totally You.
Well, you know the difference between porcupines and Beamers, don’t you?
On a porcupine, the pricks are on the *outside*.
I find that if you get a good mechanic, you should stick to em! I got a good one. Real hard of hearing. Won’t explain a damn thing to me,unless my dad is with me, or another guy. But doesn’t charge what I would expect to pay, so I keep him!
wow, what a tangled web we weave.
well, she never came back
YIKES!
Kat= weee! thanks! my ego needed that
Julie= thats a good one! i always liked that joke! mechanics have pet names for a lot of vehicles and one of my faves is calling a Ford Explorer an Exploder, especially when they were having so many overturns from faulty tires~!
Jamie= smart lady! i have a dentist like that, he’s dirt cheap and does good work and easy to get an appt. with! i’ll keep him forever!
Mike= ya i didn’t have to worry about her anymore! LOL
77777!
Seven… ROCK ON GUY! I think you did the right thing. (slightly evil grin!) Although maybe before you went to such extremes you could have just ‘fessed up to her at some point that she was being a shit to you!?!?! (you are SUCH a guy!). Anyhow, Hugh has NOTHING on you, Seven!
wha wha what!? Dogs shoud NEVER be kicked. They should be petted and hugged and kissed. Rinse, repeat. tee hee
hey where’s my gravatar?
oh! heh heh…*blush*
That’s what’s called karma, my friend. Good for you. (Of couse, I just accumulated some bad karma for applauding your antics. )
Nice one. Revenge is best served on a pretentious beamer.
Ahhh, revenge is sweet isn’t it?
Has anyone ever told you that you kick ass? Well, I just did.
Last Girl= ya maybe i should have, but it was so obvious (i thought anyway) that why should anyone have to explain that sort of thing. it wasn’t a one time screw up, it went on for quite some time over several years actually, sometimes the bulbs glow dimly don’t they?
Celti, Celti, Celti= silly! LOL
Anon= ya sometimes the circle is complete isn’t it? it’s karma baby and theres no escaping it when it happens!
Thank god my husband is handy with his tool, er… tools.
my son is working at a mechanics shop now and I really hope he sticks with it and learns everything he can.
I hope the raise at work was worth it for her. Or, not.
Claaaaassic! Had I been in your boots at the time, I woulda done the same damn thing. :+:
Wait …. hold up a minute, dawg. I just realized this, it’s like an epiphany!!
Dude, so, like … uhh, you’re telling us you’re NOT A VIRGIN??
How beautifully perfectly evil! *applause*
Why why why go to the dealer??? Fuckin’ moron… oh well. She got hers.
Ouch.
we write our own dark karma and put it in motion
WOO-HOO!!! I love to see rotten people get what they absolutely deserve!! Good for you!!!
By the way, still loving the new look! I have a few questions about making some minor font and color changes. Are you around this weekend? Or are you busy with a threesome or something? Send me an e-mail and let me know if you are around on Sunday evening…
Lilly
Zelda= hmm why am i suddenly hungry for crackers? with cheese?
Defiant= ya man it’s tasty! and thanks dude , so do you!
HareleyQuin= hehe sweet slip there! it’s a good profession nowadays, the “grease monkey” image is wearing off and at professional shops they need computer tech oriented people to sevice new cars. often the vehicle is fixed while the tech has a portable PC in his hand, not a wrench! I love that type of work myself
Jethro= sweet, LOL
Ang= thanks, i was afraid you guys were gonna boo me for it!
Jeanette= you’re too sweet. i love ya !!! xoxo’s!!
Angel= yes she did! weeee!
She totally deserved getting screwed over! Way to go, Seven!
Brighton= ya hehe when your panties get in a wad like that, take em off, sheeesh!
Veronica= yes we do!
Lilly= of course i’ll help, and thanks for loving my work! but you may need to remind me, i can be forgetful, d’oh ! hehe
Heather= !! you snuck right in there, thanks for the thumbs up!
Hehe, yeah, once you find a good honest mechanic, always be really really nice to him. I looked and asked around for years before I found a good one that I now use. He is the only guy I know that will go in, find some little wire is short circuited or whatever and only charge me $20.00! He walks around with grease all over him and cuts all over his hands. ONe time, I caught him taking a little nap on the cold hard pavement with a piece of wood as a pillow! I guess maybe he scares some people who want to see a clean outfit and a tidy name badge. But hey, this guy has probably saved me hundreds if not thousands and when he fixes things, they stay fixed!
I’ll have to take them off after reading your rebuttal to Ruby, now they are wet!!! I love a man who can stand up for himself.
What in the FUCK is in the blog water?……..geeeeeze. *smooch, love ya dog*
Crazygirl= hey !! good idea huh =)
Brighton= wow! that gives me goosebumps!
Kristin= sweetheart, i just came from your blog and dammit if i ain’t pissed over what you’re going thru.
the idea that some asswipe is pushing you around thru hatemail is appalling and i made a long and lengthy comment over at Jack’s place about it. This makes 4 women bloggers that i know of in the past 2 weeks having to uproot there blogs because some total loser MF’er’s think they are big men for pushing wonderful people like you arond. Expect a post about this subject shortly, i need a good rant and this is the perfect subject.
i love it when you call me sweetheart. just installed blacklist and wiped out the spammer posts. deleted my first hate e-mail. blocked latest ip from stalker (ex). i’m wiped. no time/desire for the shadowy stuff. i wanna play but….
go get ‘em sevman. i’m off to bed. xx’s
Seven- Grab your goosebumps and head over to my blog. I just finished ranting about all the asshats that are forcing women (or any) bloggers to hang it up.
Nothing says mad like an angry, educated stripper.
Hey! I made the accidentally anonymous comment above about karma. Don’t know how that happened. More karma? Just wanted to make an official appearance. Bye! (Have a good weekend.)
Veronica= hey, that’s great! schweeetheart! xoxo’s!
Brighton= great post! i just read it and it’s awesome, you said it!!
Laurie= i was wondering about that! *hugs*
i’m hummin neil young’s ‘why do i keep effin ..up’ as the words come out
‘dawgz that lick and dawgz that bite…’
wow! now i’m off to read about the meanies picking on yer blog family… bring em on my friend.. i’m well armed, polite, and playful. not much tolerence fer fools tho…
peeeee esss
naw… not hugh grant…
ANTONIO! oooooo….
“deed I rremeber to thank kew…? I weeeel…”
I deleted 2 comments here today, one from a sender that asked that it be deleted, i removed my reply.
everyone is suitably friendly again and hopefully no one was hurt badly in the exchange.
peace!
I am so happy you guys are all friends again - makes me want to smile super big;)