Tuesday, January 31, 2012

argh

well color me livid, today has been a day of assholes.  i had to do war with a mechanic with less than perfect morals.  my grandma had to have a new car battery installed so she took it to a place that was recommended and she trusted to do the job well.  they must have seen her coming a mile away.  she left having had all sorts of "tests" done and repairs to her battery made and a battery that cost, i shit you not, $135.  they charged her over $200 for a battery.  i refuse to stand by and let someone i love be so blatantly taken advantage of.  so i took the receipt and called them this morning.  it was a civil conversation for about five minutes, wherein the manager of the company told me that if i was afraid of my grandma being taken advantage of, perhaps i should have taken better care of her.  what the fudgecicle dude?!  back the truck up.  i don't freaking think so.  he then proceeded to attempt to explain to me what a battery is and how they only sell their customers the best possible batteries.  "you're lucky.  i have a $200 one i could have sold her"  so wait.  i'm lucky you didn't exploit her more?!  he then hung up on me.  (i must give myself kuddos at this point.  both girls were in the room and i did not utter one cuss word)  so i had ben call.  he pulled out his angry man voice and voila my grandma got her money back and we got her a different battery that costs what it should.  and this one came with a warranty.  take that you immoral, unethical motherf*ckers.  the second mechanic told ben that some of the things on the bill were b/s.  not even real tests.  that the bill was just being padded.  and that we could take our receipt with the results of their exam to the bbb and file a formal complaint and that the second mechanic would make a statement based on his findings if we want to.  haven't decided how mad i am...ben's pretty ticked off too.  but the situation was resolved.  and my grandma's car is peachy keen.  it is a sad commentary on our society that this can happen.  why is it ok to take advantage of people that place their trust in you to do your job?  it is not and never will be in my book.  and i'll be damned if i'll take it sitting down.  consider yourself warned those of loose ethics.  to be clear:  i am in no way trying to imply that my grandma did anything wrong by trusting a recommended mechanic.  i am trying to point out that this particular mechanic had a distinct lack of respect for women, in particular my grandma and was ignorant enough to think he could pull a fast one and make some extra money.  he was wrong.

whoa.  wait.  hold up.  i'm how old?!
  tried to take 8 month portraits of ms davis, but i wasn't really happy with any of them, so we're gonna try later on in the week.
oooohhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
meditation with marley.  sorry for the language.  red head temper and a potty mouth.

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