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I appreciate your input, and I am NOT saying all drug dealers are bad people. Nobody has EVER tried to sell me drugs on the street…
Perhaps it is the way I dress, the way I talk, the car I drive, and the people with whom I associate and the places we hang out. I don’t know, but I do know that I size people up and get judged myself. That said, I would refuse to “knowingly” do work for a drug dealer, but I would NOT rat them out or call the police; it’s their choice… I would NOT search a car to look for drugs or anything like that, but if I happen to come across them, I would basically finish the agreed upon service, get paid, and tell them that I no longer want their business until they change their ways. I am NOT going to help someone continue to run an illegal business.
I also would NOT want a shop that is known in the hood and protected by gangster security… I would rather the shop be in a nicer neighborhood, protected by the police, etc.
I have been very fortunate. I grew up with wonderful parents, whom I love and deeply respect. They taught me to be a man, to provide for my family, to be honorable to my word and NEVER make a promise without standing behind it! I was taught morals. It is often NOT about the money but the concept in something. Neither of my parents were extremely wealthy or rich, but they did just fine because they are both smart and willing to do what it takes to provide. My mother owned her own business cutting hair and is now a school librarian because she loves making a difference in the lives of young children. My father supervised the refueling of nuclear powered submarines and is now retired. The point is NOTHING was ever given to my parents who both worked to provide for us in our “nice” neighborhood! Now, I am 29 years old and live in a nice neighborhood surrounded by people who are teachers, doctors, nurses, military, contractors, bankers, lawyers, and other professionals… You MUST be of a certain age, make three times the outrageous rent, have a clean criminal background, and have good credit to live in my neighborhood, but I feel safer here knowing that this community keeps people out. They KNOW if they show up that within a matter of minutes the police will be here to escort them off the premises.
To get to where I am at, I went to college for six years and got a decent job. I work hard doing ethical work to keep with my standard of living and keep myself (and others) safe. I respect anybody who works an honest job to provide!
Please just don’t judge me and think that because I come from a decent neighborhood that somehow I got everything given to me.
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I will say that one of the things I lost along the way is the value of the dollar empathy and understanding for others.
I am NOT rich or wealthy by any real standards, but I have no fear that I will eat, that ALL my bills will be paid, that there will be money for fuel etc. I can go spend $600 for tires and don’t have to save for months to make that type of purchase… And spending $60 on an oil change now is easier than it was paying about $15 with a coupon back when I was in College and oil was $1.25/qt.
The friends I hang out with are like me. We never show up to a party empty handed and often take turns being gopher to bring back take-out food never accepting pay. i.e. If I go run and get pizza, all my friends in the group try to hand me their $5… I don’t want it. Similarly, when they go fetch Mexican and I try to pay my portion, they won’t take it. It is just different than when I was in college. Back then I would have happily let someone else pay or NEVER offered up front to pay simply because I didn’t have ANY excess in money.
Now, it is no big deal to any of us… it is just different to not struggle. My worries now are about projects, deadlines, meetings, exceeding standards, obtaining proper metrics, security, etc…
[quote=”Bluesnut” post=52383]A customer brought in a car one time for a clutch job and he was going to sit it out in the waiting room. When I went out back to get the car I saw a thumb sized hole in the middle of the driver’s door and it went clean through the inner door panel but not the center console.
After completing the job I had a chance to ask the car owner if someone had shot at the car and he said yes. He had gotten a friend (the guy who was accompanying him that day) to do a drive-by shooting on him one night with the intent of collecting a bunch of insurance money.
Apparently they were not on the same page about the caliber. The guy was thinking .22 and the friend used a .45 with the slug catching part of the guy’s left knee; with both laying it off to the cops as an anonymous shooter.
This left him with a permanent limp and having to use a walking cane.I was surprised he ‘fessed up to me about this. Maybe it was due to answering a couple of non-clutch related questions about his car.[/quote]
Wow, what a friend… Sounds like an honorable mention for a Darwin Award to me.
[quote=”Bluesnut” post=52383]A customer brought in a car one time for a clutch job and he was going to sit it out in the waiting room. When I went out back to get the car I saw a thumb sized hole in the middle of the driver’s door and it went clean through the inner door panel but not the center console.
After completing the job I had a chance to ask the car owner if someone had shot at the car and he said yes. He had gotten a friend (the guy who was accompanying him that day) to do a drive-by shooting on him one night with the intent of collecting a bunch of insurance money.
Apparently they were not on the same page about the caliber. The guy was thinking .22 and the friend used a .45 with the slug catching part of the guy’s left knee; with both laying it off to the cops as an anonymous shooter.
This left him with a permanent limp and having to use a walking cane.I was surprised he ‘fessed up to me about this. Maybe it was due to answering a couple of non-clutch related questions about his car.[/quote]
Wow, what a friend… Sounds like an honorable mention for a Darwin Award to me.
Anyone ever turn away a customer because you find stuff like this?
i.e. Say something along the lines, “we don’t do business with drug dealers?”
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@NETWizz
70+% of our petrol/gasolline price is tax though in the UK, I think it might be closer to 80% now. LPG/autogas is taxed at lower rate, more like 40-50%[/quote]What a shitty thing for a country to do! Your politicians are even worse than ours… they should be ousted!
[quote=”TNT” post=52130]
@NETWizz
70+% of our petrol/gasolline price is tax though in the UK, I think it might be closer to 80% now. LPG/autogas is taxed at lower rate, more like 40-50%[/quote]What a shitty thing for a country to do! Your politicians are even worse than ours… they should be ousted!
I don’t know why they would want you to do anything that is sketchy. Seems to me if you put a bald tire on with 4 out of 5 lug nuts and an accident happens, AlphaOne could find themselves the defendants of a Wrongful Death Lawsuit.
An improper jack could harm their employee, and they would be responsible for breaking into someone’s car right?
I don’t know why they would want you to do anything that is sketchy. Seems to me if you put a bald tire on with 4 out of 5 lug nuts and an accident happens, AlphaOne could find themselves the defendants of a Wrongful Death Lawsuit.
An improper jack could harm their employee, and they would be responsible for breaking into someone’s car right?
I was reading your post and through… $9000 for a Geo Metro :sick: :blink:
I would NOT want to be driving a Geo, but it would sure beat walking. We in the United States are silly with our cars… We love gas guzzlers.
Pretty much anything with a bigger engine is BETTER! Who wants a 4 cylinder when you can have a V6 or even a V8 Hemi? Just saying!
I was reading your post and through… $9000 for a Geo Metro :sick: :blink:
I would NOT want to be driving a Geo, but it would sure beat walking. We in the United States are silly with our cars… We love gas guzzlers.
Pretty much anything with a bigger engine is BETTER! Who wants a 4 cylinder when you can have a V6 or even a V8 Hemi? Just saying!
LPG we call Propane. Propane and Gasoline honestly cost about the same per gallon in the United States.
Last time I filled up my #20 (20 pound) BBQ grill tank, it required bout 4.5 gallons of propane… it was just under $15.
There is LESS BTUs per gallon of Propane than Gasoline, so in the United States, Gasoline (petrol) is more economical than Propane for automobiles as far as I know… Propane is a bit cheaper delivered to a home though… Don’t know why your fuel prices are so darned high… they are almost always twice as expensive as ours. Hell, BP (British Petroleum) sells it to us for under $4/Gallon, yet you guys can’t get it for less than about $8.
Must be some taxes and other B.S. going on.
LPG we call Propane. Propane and Gasoline honestly cost about the same per gallon in the United States.
Last time I filled up my #20 (20 pound) BBQ grill tank, it required bout 4.5 gallons of propane… it was just under $15.
There is LESS BTUs per gallon of Propane than Gasoline, so in the United States, Gasoline (petrol) is more economical than Propane for automobiles as far as I know… Propane is a bit cheaper delivered to a home though… Don’t know why your fuel prices are so darned high… they are almost always twice as expensive as ours. Hell, BP (British Petroleum) sells it to us for under $4/Gallon, yet you guys can’t get it for less than about $8.
Must be some taxes and other B.S. going on.