Malicious and criminal tyre fitting

[Lucy]

I once worked for a boss who was so anal that he actually did issue paperclips! You had to sign for them!

Once, when I was young and brave, (in the 80s) I asked the TWO guys who ran the stationery department (did I mention it was the 80's?) where I worked, for two bottles of Twink, and they asked me if I was painting the ceiling.

[Number One]

The tyre fitter should always check for items in the tyre before fitting. It's just good practise and common sense. No excuse really.

My thoughts exactly. One of the first things I remember Sully telling me to do...however that may be more about the state of our workspace in the garage than anything else

Once, when I was young and brave, (in the 80s) I asked the TWO guys who ran the stationery department (did I mention it was the 80's?) where I worked, for two bottles of Twink, and they asked me if I was painting the ceiling.

Did you tell them NO that you were instead painting your nails

[jtzzr]

surly a hand full of paper clips would have a hard time staying in the tyre asuming the shop uses a tyre machine to fit tyres as it would have been laying down flat gravity should cause them to fall out or at least move around so as to be notices before or while the tube was fitted???

You just never know how surly a handful of paperclips can get.

Surely an accident (well one hopes so).

[LBD]

Following is in response to some postings above

.... man I would be jumping up and down about it

The 3 of us were astounded, I am still trying to find out what happened at the visit back to the shop...

How do you tell a worn paperclip from an unworn one?

The tube moves inside the tyre, some of the ends were worn to a needle sharp point

I can't see a motorbike shop doing this to another biker, unless it was a teenage low paid shop assistant?
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Or there was a grudge which I suspect was the case.

In the interest of public safety I think a "name and shame" is required really.....there's.

Would love to name and shame, but that would need to be done by the victim and not second hand

Maybe you should read the above quote I pulled for ya.....one or two is pushing it.....but a handful? come-on.....I'd call that grossly negligent at best.

Gross neglect at least...To clarify a handful. I may have exagerated, maybe 10 in the bag, different sizes thicknesses and colours

As far as the paper clip thing goes,
who but the tyre installer knows,

Could have come from anywhere as has been said before. I can not for the life of me imagine someone deliberately "getting back at someone" by putting paper clips in his tyre. Probably a young'un who is not well versed in changing a tyre with a tube in it. You do actually have to check the inside of the tyre and the rim for sharp things, before you put the tyre back on the rim, and sometimes even when you do check you can miss the sneaky sharp thing that sends the tube flat again.

True, who but the tyre fitter would know....This was a well known large reputable company. There is reason to read between lines and suspect a grudge.

[Skyryder]

In the interest of public safety I think a "name and shame" is required really.....there's nothing to excuse shit like this and I see no problem with this shop being named.....in fact I want to know so I never, ever go there.

Ask for a PM. Name and shame can cause a lot of grief not only for the poster but KB as well. Defamitory laws can bite in the arse for the unwary.

Skyryder