This a one of those life metrics they should publish every year. None of this by the age of 40 you have spent x number of years brushing your teeth, it should be how long have you spent in Kwik fit waiting for your tyres to be fitted.
Even if there is nobody waiting and all bays are empty you know you’ll be there 40 minutes before the guy comes and asks if you want budget or the conti’s…
Ah, you want the R15’s…none in stock sir, hmmm we can have them here tomorrow. Just pop in, no need to book a time……
I can kinda understand they wanted to recover their call-out costs… but not knowing how roadside recovery/assist works in the UK I will agree with your assessment of arseholes.
I hope you gave her a heap of business cards and said ‘next time call me first’ and ‘let your friends know that if I can help, they won’t be waiting 4 hours’.
As a former small business owner I remember all too well that there is no such thing as a weekend, or quite often a Holiday. You take the work as you get it and are almost always hoping for more, no matter the day of the week.
To be honest, i absolutely love it. I can’t stand sitting around the house.
The wife and i went out last night for a “quick drink” and left the kids with my visiting mum. We rocked back up at 0030 in a right state. So this job was particularly sweaty
There were too many clouds at the horizon to catch the moon in full totality tonight but once it got up higher and cleared the clouds it was still almost fully obscured by the earths shadow