Ah,Mr Murphy - how can I help you?
Just another day in my boring life - we better start at the begining.....
Going back to sat the 8th of May I recieved a call from a distaught customer - he had his car into another garage for some major work and now it's broken down and they don't want to know - he's been to me before and was happy with how he was treated (??!!!) Don't worry mate,so I have the car towed in.The water pump is stuffed in the Astina and I give him a ring with an idea of how much it will cost to fix.He doesn't want to spend too much because it's a dunger,but he's ok about putting a water pump in but not much more - ''oh,but I'm going to Aussie for 4 days,I'll pick it up when I come back'' That's fine by me cause we are flat out and it gives me time to fit it in.
I give him a week then ring his cell phone,but get a disconnected tone.A couple of days later I hear - ''this phone is not allowed to recieve calls'' uh oh...So now it's been 3 weeks so I rumage in the car today and don't find a hell of a lot - I have his CV,but it doesn't even give a street address,let alone a land line number.Next step will be to find his details from the rego plate.
We have been starting it and parking it out the back every day,but today we are a bit quiet so just leave it in the old lube bay,it's not in the way there.At 3,20pm the boys are having a coffee and I'm talking to a customer - outside school kids are walking past,it's a busy time of day.Then I see the Astina back out of the workshop and drive away!!!! I race out after it,but he's gone up the road - half a dozen different ways he can go,not worth giving chase.So I do a 111 and report it stolen.
I give them the details of the car and the owners name and a description of the offender(he's a fucking little shit faced cunt,but offender will do)A weasily young dude with a black beanie,possibly of Middle Eastern decent.The police say that my customer is not the registered owner,but is something like Rasheed Mohamad - oh,do tell!!!
Soooo - this morning I had a customer who may have done a runner,but I retained possesion of the vehicle,doesn't mean much,but I had something - now I got nothing,the car owes me a $480 bill....maybe the customer will come in to pay,but hey mate,someone stole ya car! Awww man,give me a break!!!!
I've never had a car stolen from my premisses - but the cheek of it...walking into a workshop,jumping in a car and driving away! OK,so the keys were in it - but ALL the cars inside the shop have the keys in,we take them out when we park them outside.Normaly I park 2 cars outside the lube bay,but today was a quiet day....
If you see a beat up black Mazda Astina rego PR 7534 - stand back...there could be a blue Pajero closing in on it at a rapid rate of knots - I'm not stopping,oh no,this guy can go to hell,special discount from me!
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Originally Posted by Skyryder
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