Keystone State Thread

Who's going to the Carlisle All Truck Nats this August?

 

Haha yep, use to work for Warminster Ambulance. Been in there a few times.
Newtown, I work at the training center.

 

Do you know a guy by the name Tom Evans? I work the BTS Dive show with him in NJ Expo Center.

 

Off to Lancaster Brewery for some booze... And maybe food.

 

Yep, he was one of my random partners. Had two steady and my 3rd shift was always a random medic.

 

When someone who is 15 years younger than me thats has no mechanical abilities what so ever screems in my face I'm nothing but a parts changer and never go the extra mile ever, keeping in mind I tore my achillies tendon 2 monthes ago and have been wearing a velcro boot up to my knee for the last three weeks and never missed a day of work or slacked in my duties. It was ethier quit or bash is skull in and go to prison for attempted murder. So I moved on. He is one of those people in life that you just don't waste your time on.

 

Forget Lancaster Brewery. Packed.

 

Fuck that noise.

 

A journeyman machinist once asked me "Do you know why toolboxes have handles?"

"It makes em easier to load back into your truck on the way out the door."

I left a couple shops due to a major lack of professionalism as well.

 

I know other people that have worked for that company/family,and have never heard of a happy employee there.The problem i have with the auto repair industry is the Good guys/mechanics have to sift through the D-bag shops to find the few good/honest shops so everyone can be happy.The other problem is the honest shops have to be able to employ good mechanics and be able to pay them a competitive salary,while competing againt the shops that up sell people services they don't need.
Good luck Dennis you know i got my feelers out for you.

 

You hit the nail on the head with that one , Thanks Jerry.

 

Same reason why they put wheels on tool boxes.

 

You know it.many years ago i made settlement on my house on a friday,rented a Uhaul loaded it up with house full of stuff,moved into new house with friends helping after everyone was hanging out and eating i took truck to shop i was working at (which i hated but had to stay to get morgage) loaded up my box and quit.

 

Nice ! What always seems to amaze me is these people don't understand or care what it takes to do what we do as auto and truck techs. I just don't understand the disrespect when you have someone who shows up every day works there ass off and makes you a ton of money that affords you live a life style to "keep up with the Jones's".

 

Thats the problem,The successful shop owners i know don't try and keep up with the Jones.The ones i know tell the Jones "please don't move in near me you won't like living here"

 

Good luck finding a new gig.

 

Son in college at Kutztown, went to the Virginville hotel for dinner and drinks, good times. Even if I didn't get lucky afterwards!

 

Hey that was me!

 

Best wishes that you find another job Dennis. But if you need work, X4 on a rear brake party?

 

The working world seems to be full of assholes like that. I met quite a few in my working career. If my last boss wasn't such an asshole(putting it mildly) I could put a word in for you but he was the reason I left after 12 years. Good luck in your job search.