I brought my wreck into the body shop the other week because it wasn’t running right. I mean it was still functioning, I did manage to get it there after all, but it certainly wasn’t running as smoothly as it was supposed to. So I figured, before it gets worse and breaks down on me at a bad time, I’ll have an expert look at it and hopefully they can fix it.

So they asked me what was wrong with it and I tried to explain the various ways it wasn’t quite working right and all the issues that popped up which I’m trying to remember because I hadn’t perfectly logged or recorded things. They ran some basic diagnostics and everything looked normal, took a quick look inside and told me they didn’t see anything wrong and don’t know what the issue is. They told me good luck and maybe ask the specialty body shop an hour away.

Then they sent me a bill that was very expensive, even though they hadn’t solved the problem. Would you accept this from your mechanic? Frankly, it’s a wonder so many people even go to this body shop*.

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* I should probably mention, I don’t own a car and this was a hospital visit.

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