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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75032015 United States 05/05/2021 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nobody respects mechanics. Everyone wants it done now for free. Fuk working on cars and I am an expert with all the tools. No way everyone is a pain in the ass in those shops esp the bosses. ASSHOLES. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72553316 my car was leaking exhaust from the engine compartment. I had a mechanic check it out and he said an exhaust manifold had a crack in it. The cost to fix it could easily be $1000 or more. I decided i would learn how to do it myself. I spent 100s of hours watching how-to videos. When i was ready, i open the hood to inspect the manifold and what i found shocked me! The manifold was missing nuts on two of the studs. I replaced the nuts and the leak was sealed. I suppose the mechanic who replaced my engine a couple of years earilier did not tighten them properly. The mechanic who checked it out was incompetent or a liar - maybe both. So you are damned right! Nobody repects a fcuking mechanic! They are low IQ liars and thieves! You Harbor Freight Hero! Kudos! |
G. House
User ID: 79751928 United States 05/05/2021 12:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... I saw 2 overweight old dudes getting it done. Show me anyone that's fit anymore lol I've noticed that if people are fit their heads are usually fucked to the nines. "Everybody lies." |
Wookiee
User ID: 62421844 United States 05/05/2021 12:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I once was a service writer for the local muffler shop in town (I’ve done just about everything) Quoting: Golfcart 77110102 My kid started as a auto tech at 17 at the dealership in town, he’s 21 now, he’s got more money than me... Here's the kick. If you are the best, you can fix a car in ten minutes, but why should you only charge ten minutes labor? No, the skill and talent that allows me to diagnose and fix a car in just a few minutes, where the other guys are scratching their head trying to figure it out, allows me to charge MORE... Maybe surgeons should work that way... They don't charge by the hour either...Hourly work is for the unskilled... I was happy making $45/hour doing linework b4 I retired 9 years ago. With ot, I never made less than $100,000/year since 1996. Not bad for 'unskilled' eh? Warning: JustSomeGuy_42 is a publicly confessed unvaxxed neophiliac . If the number 666 is considered evil. then technically, 25.8069758 is the root of all evil. |
Artificial Person
User ID: 77199848 United States 05/05/2021 12:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... All right, pipe down. I am a Synthetic but I prefer the term "Artificial Person" myself. I answer to "Bishop", "Synthetic" and "Hey man". Bite my shiny metal ass. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80289823 United States 05/05/2021 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Son of a Gunny
User ID: 9522184 United States 05/05/2021 12:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I understand how you’re feeling! I’ve worked in IT for 33yrs and there’s no fulfillment in what we do because it’s a thankless job. We should be considered ESSENTIAL workers because we keep your computers up and running! |
Jolly_Roger
User ID: 80319588 United Kingdom 05/05/2021 12:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... omg i didnt get it til i read this reply first coffee etc. “Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking in the radio for the announcer.” - A Physicist "They've killed God, I can't feel God, my soul is dead." - Clot-Shot Trial Victim Unjabbed, untested, unafraid. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nobody respects mechanics. Everyone wants it done now for free. Fuk working on cars and I am an expert with all the tools. No way everyone is a pain in the ass in those shops esp the bosses. ASSHOLES. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72553316 my car was leaking exhaust from the engine compartment. I had a mechanic check it out and he said an exhaust manifold had a crack in it. The cost to fix it could easily be $1000 or more. I decided i would learn how to do it myself. I spent 100s of hours watching how-to videos. When i was ready, i open the hood to inspect the manifold and what i found shocked me! The manifold was missing nuts on two of the studs. I replaced the nuts and the leak was sealed. I suppose the mechanic who replaced my engine a couple of years earilier did not tighten them properly. The mechanic who checked it out was incompetent or a liar - maybe both. So you are damned right! Nobody repects a fcuking mechanic! They are low IQ liars and thieves! You spent hundreds of hours learning how to tighten two nuts and you call mechanics low IQ cretins? If you were REALLY smarter than they were you wouldn't have had a whole engine replaced because it had a bad MAF sensor Yes, there are dishonest mechanics, and they see a Mc Mansion type cubical class retard coming from a mile away in his fancy fucking crossover SUV. Most of them would never rip off a fellow working man, but there are exceptions to every rule. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80306945 United States 05/05/2021 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... Congratulations! You just WON THE INTERNETS for 5/5/21! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Show me anyone that's fit anymore lol I've noticed that if people are fit their heads are usually fucked to the nines. Men who go to gyms are usually feggots. A real man gets all the exercise he needs doing actual work |
Beetlepumprr
User ID: 3221380 United States 05/05/2021 12:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... JUST ANOTHER PIPE DREAM When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. jimi Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see. I'm just a product of insufficient modality. Humans of Earth! I have come in peace. You need not fear me. I mean you no harm. However, it may be important to know that most of you will not survive the next 24 hours. And those of you who do survive will be enslaved and experimented on. You should in no way take any of this personally — it's just business! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77487197 Netherlands 05/05/2021 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 51338176 United States 05/05/2021 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Your the one who sucks cop dicks. That's news to me...Whatever helps you sleep at night... You’ve acted like such an asshole for so long ,I would not expect anybody to try to even converse with you politely but you’ve made your bed. You owning a muffler shop makes total sense why you are a cunt of a human. Are you gonna go killdozer on the world? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The reason you cant get anyone to work in a muffler shop is generally speaking they get minimum or barely over minimum wage as a new hire. Most people would rather get food stamps and pandemic relief aid, it amounts to three times as much in most states I would imagine, and no one is expected to take work they have no experience in. Use your head. |
Wolf 1776
User ID: 35778121 United States 05/05/2021 12:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... :wolf_footer_msg: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I changed my own muffler. You buy the set, all fits into each other and you clamp it up Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77487197 No need for a muffler shop. Was cheap too and a couple hours work It's not always that easy but you're right, it doesn't take a PhD. These days you can buy preshaped pipes and just bolt the shit on yourself. Back in the day every job was custom basically, the pipes bent by hand to fit your car. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's news to me...Whatever helps you sleep at night... You’ve acted like such an asshole for so long ,I would not expect anybody to try to even converse with you politely but you’ve made your bed. You owning a muffler shop makes total sense why you are a cunt of a human. Are you gonna go killdozer on the world? That guy has always nauseated me He is just the type to soak an old lady for 1000 dollars fixing a leaking manifold gasket. |
Endtimewatchman10
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ookie
User ID: 57244673 United States 05/05/2021 12:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everywhere I look I see "help wanted" signs. More than I have ever seen before. They are creating an artificial employee shortage. If the country needs workers so bad the public will accept illegals to work for them. But we know the shortage is 100% due to unemployment paying ridiculous sums. If you're getting 300% more money than you earned working what's your motivation to go back to work? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nobody respects mechanics. Everyone wants it done now for free. Fuk working on cars and I am an expert with all the tools. No way everyone is a pain in the ass in those shops esp the bosses. ASSHOLES. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72553316 my car was leaking exhaust from the engine compartment. I had a mechanic check it out and he said an exhaust manifold had a crack in it. The cost to fix it could easily be $1000 or more. I decided i would learn how to do it myself. I spent 100s of hours watching how-to videos. When i was ready, i open the hood to inspect the manifold and what i found shocked me! The manifold was missing nuts on two of the studs. I replaced the nuts and the leak was sealed. I suppose the mechanic who replaced my engine a couple of years earilier did not tighten them properly. The mechanic who checked it out was incompetent or a liar - maybe both. So you are damned right! Nobody repects a fcuking mechanic! They are low IQ liars and thieves! You spent hundreds of hours learning how to tighten two nuts and you call mechanics low IQ cretins? If you were REALLY smarter than they were you wouldn't have had a whole engine replaced because it had a bad MAF sensor Yes, there are dishonest mechanics, and they see a Mc Mansion type cubical class retard coming from a mile away in his fancy fucking crossover SUV. Most of them would never rip off a fellow working man, but there are exceptions to every rule. That mechanic probably took a newer engine in better shape out of his car, replaced it with a much higher mileage POS and sold his engine. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everywhere I look I see "help wanted" signs. More than I have ever seen before. Quoting: ookie They are creating an artificial employee shortage. If the country needs workers so bad the public will accept illegals to work for them. But we know the shortage is 100% due to unemployment paying ridiculous sums. If you're getting 300% more money than you earned working what's your motivation to go back to work? All for unskilled minimum wage or barely above minimum wage sub poverty level jobs It's feudalism |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 12:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14616612 my car was leaking exhaust from the engine compartment. I had a mechanic check it out and he said an exhaust manifold had a crack in it. The cost to fix it could easily be $1000 or more. I decided i would learn how to do it myself. I spent 100s of hours watching how-to videos. When i was ready, i open the hood to inspect the manifold and what i found shocked me! The manifold was missing nuts on two of the studs. I replaced the nuts and the leak was sealed. I suppose the mechanic who replaced my engine a couple of years earilier did not tighten them properly. The mechanic who checked it out was incompetent or a liar - maybe both. So you are damned right! Nobody repects a fcuking mechanic! They are low IQ liars and thieves! You spent hundreds of hours learning how to tighten two nuts and you call mechanics low IQ cretins? If you were REALLY smarter than they were you wouldn't have had a whole engine replaced because it had a bad MAF sensor Yes, there are dishonest mechanics, and they see a Mc Mansion type cubical class retard coming from a mile away in his fancy fucking crossover SUV. Most of them would never rip off a fellow working man, but there are exceptions to every rule. That mechanic probably took a newer engine in better shape out of his car, replaced it with a much higher mileage POS and sold his engine. And if I knew his attitude, it's what I would have done Think about that, folks. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 01:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A good mechanic who knows his shit and has the proper tools and setup can EASILY make 300 grand per year these days. A muffler shop hire will be lucky to afford the basic needs, mainly because people like Brief own them . 1000 a day minimum. Most trained mechanics get 50-80 dollars an hour WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE. If they work for themselves it can amount to 200 an hour easily. Same with a welder or a carpenter. A welder with his own equipment can contract out for half a million / year in some cases. On the other hand, a trained IT worker will be lucky to top 40 grand to start. Everyone wants to go into IT these days, or some job connected to it thinking it is the wave of the future. In the meantime their cars have to be fixed, their bridges built and their buildings constructed, and none of them have the skills to pour piss out of a leaky boot.. I have a degree in mechanical engineering and training in electrical engineering, but to be honest with you I made twice as much actually working with my hands AND my mind. And it's a lot more rewarding work. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 67904014 United States 05/05/2021 01:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. So you think he's gonna hire you with no experience? go on ask him what the requirements are to start working what's the name of this shop and where's it located? I think he would hire anyone who would consistently show up, be willing to learn, I check those boxes all day long. you are delusional first off you have 0 experience its going to take time for you to learn the audacity of you to think you can just waltz in and start doing that kind of work You said you do IT, well i can just show up to work consistently and be willing to learn, so where's the IT firm that's going to hire me with no experience? holy crap the ego on you but i would be entertained to watch you actually tell him you would like the job I would love to watch your face as he explains how he needs someone who can start work right away , not someone that will spend weeks to months learning, and then years perfecting the art holy shit Bending custom exhaust is an art form. Ive known hundred of technicians and only about 3 who were any good at it. start wasting 8 foot pieces of pipe and youll be fired quickly. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 67904014 United States 05/05/2021 01:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I once was a service writer for the local muffler shop in town (I’ve done just about everything) Quoting: Golfcart 77110102 My kid started as a auto tech at 17 at the dealership in town, he’s 21 now, he’s got more money than me... Here's the kick. If you are the best, you can fix a car in ten minutes, but why should you only charge ten minutes labor? No, the skill and talent that allows me to diagnose and fix a car in just a few minutes, where the other guys are scratching their head trying to figure it out, allows me to charge MORE... I spent 12 years practicing the skill and buying the tools to enable me to do the job in ten minutes.....your paying for the years not the minutes. |
•Scott•
User ID: 20101570 United States 05/05/2021 01:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... Aw, pipe down over there! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78781931 United States 05/05/2021 01:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States 05/05/2021 01:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094956 So you think he's gonna hire you with no experience? go on ask him what the requirements are to start working what's the name of this shop and where's it located? I think he would hire anyone who would consistently show up, be willing to learn, I check those boxes all day long. you are delusional first off you have 0 experience its going to take time for you to learn the audacity of you to think you can just waltz in and start doing that kind of work You said you do IT, well i can just show up to work consistently and be willing to learn, so where's the IT firm that's going to hire me with no experience? holy crap the ego on you but i would be entertained to watch you actually tell him you would like the job I would love to watch your face as he explains how he needs someone who can start work right away , not someone that will spend weeks to months learning, and then years perfecting the art holy shit Bending custom exhaust is an art form. Ive known hundred of technicians and only about 3 who were any good at it. start wasting 8 foot pieces of pipe and youll be fired quickly. Thats why they dont do it that way any more. Usually the exhaust is already shaped, and bent using jigs in a factory.. A person can buy a complete exhaust system sitting in the comfort of his own home, have it delivered to his door, and bolt in on in two hours himself with no training at all and no other tools but a ratchet set, a jack and few jackstands. He can put it on himself for 1/3 what a guy like Brief would charge him to rip his ass off with shit that will either fall apart or rust out two years from now. |
King Crimson
User ID: 61598420 United States 05/05/2021 01:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. My guy is very slow, asked me if I wanted to buy his shop. Said nobodys driving (commuting), so nothings wearing out. Then he got me for lower ball joints and front brakes! knowledge is a deadly friend, when no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see is in the hands of fools.... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79094956 05/05/2021 01:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nobody respects mechanics. Everyone wants it done now for free. Fuk working on cars and I am an expert with all the tools. No way everyone is a pain in the ass in those shops esp the bosses. ASSHOLES. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72553316 my car was leaking exhaust from the engine compartment. I had a mechanic check it out and he said an exhaust manifold had a crack in it. The cost to fix it could easily be $1000 or more. I decided i would learn how to do it myself. I spent 100s of hours watching how-to videos. When i was ready, i open the hood to inspect the manifold and what i found shocked me! The manifold was missing nuts on two of the studs. I replaced the nuts and the leak was sealed. I suppose the mechanic who replaced my engine a couple of years earilier did not tighten them properly. The mechanic who checked it out was incompetent or a liar - maybe both. So you are damned right! Nobody repects a fcuking mechanic! They are low IQ liars and thieves! Yea some are. But so are the people who made that phone or computer you are using. So are most doctors. The world is profit driven and thats the true issue. |