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Date:         Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:53:08 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: BACK HOME SAFE! (VANAGON OVERHEATING!)
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At 12:07 AM 4/22/2013, PB wrote: >I know EXACTLY what you mean about most mechanics merely doing what they >are told and not a bit more. Even for the smallest job, I always ask them

There are differing views about this. Some people would rather not pay mechanics' rates for gas-pump-attendant work. Or what used to be that when I was young, anyway.

A lot of this ultimately comes down to societal expectations. A mechanic bucking the trend too far in one direction will go broke because his customers think he's skimping the job, and too far in the other direction he'll go broke because nobody wants to pay his rates for the job. Or he'll shoot himself because he can't make ends meet to his (or his wife and kids') satisfaction or because he's never off the job.

That old saying "You just can't get good help any more" started when the help decided they wanted to live like real people too, and started jacking up the price and refusing to work six and a half days a week. As their expectations climbed, other people's had to drop to some extent, and personal servants (and gas station attendants) have largely priced themselves out of the market. People in the main would rather pump their own gas and check their own oil etc. (or not check it) than pay someone else to. They'd rather buy milk in the supermarket than pay to have it delivered.

Yrs, d


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