Gunday Monday, CXXXI

Contributed by Wild, wild West and Don’t mind me.

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I Have No Idea How She Knows All This

But she pretty much nails it.

She either has a boyfriend or a relative that turns wrenches is my best guess.

In my 45+ years of wrenching, I can assure you that Mechanics and Maintenance Technicians are the Red Headed Step Children of every organization out there.

Until they need your services…

That part about assholes who call me and tell me that the machine is down to get me there faster only for me to have to wait because they are actually still using it hit the nail on the head.

I couldn’t count how many times I have seen that. Inevitably, they then have the gall to stand and look over your shoulder asking when it’s going to be done every ten minutes.

After all these years I have learned to either ignore them or turn around and tell them that I’ll let them know when I’m done.

Fuck You and your pressure tactics.

I didn’t break the motherfucker and you knew damn good and well it was fucked up LONG before you called me in most cases.

My absolute favorite part is when I get to inform them that the part they need has a six month lead time and if they had called me when they first knew about the problem that the part could have probably been here by now.

The look of panic on their faces is priceless.

Here’s a piece of advice you need to pass down to your children.

Never piss off your mechanic.

We have ways to fuck up your life.

Not Even Master Mechanic Leigh Could Save This One

He sends me emails occasionally showing me some of the things he fixes. Sometimes in Minus Degree Weather, in the mud, in his driveway, on his brother’s farm and in his garage.

What he has done sometimes makes me look like I would like to have been a mechanic once.

I am not exaggerating even a little bit.

The man amazes me.

Because he is in New York state somewhere, he is very familiar with rusted out rigs because of the salt they use on the roads and he has performed some small miracles on his own rigs but this one in the video I’m afraid is so far gone that I am surprised it hasn’t literally broken in half yet.

It should scare you that there are vehicles out on the roads in this condition.