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Snow Makes Shop Managers Brain Stop Working

posted in: wild bill's garage, news on February 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM

This is a true story you may find hard to believe. It snowed for about 18 hours non-stop here in Dallas yesterday. While at work the boss decides it may be a good idea to remove the snow from the parking lot. He didn’t come up with the obvious idea of closing….oh no…...let’s get out there in the parking lot and move the snow…...now keep in mind this is Dallas Texas….we don’t have snow removal equipment on hand….....so what is the method of snow removal…..the manager figures that a squigee will work on the parking lot….so he grabs the two squigees and asks for volunteers. This is a picture of the manager and the new-guy using squigees to remove snow from the parking lot (the smart ones and lucky ones avoided this task)......the snow was falling so fast it was like using a tea cup to bail water out of a sinking Titanic…....Eventually the owners wife showed up and ’suggested’ that this was a waste of time and was only making the situation worse…...
For the record…that is the same thought that myself and others in the shop had voiced previously, except that we are mere peons and our opinion means little…....
Sometimes I wonder what people are thinking when they decide that ideas like this are good ones…....

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howardcohen Garage
February 12, 2010 at 12:28 PM

I think your boss had a great idea! Otherwise, who would we laugh at?

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RADRAMBLER Garage
February 12, 2010 at 12:36 PM

worse…HES IN CHARGE….DEEETA DEEE

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The Launch Pad Garage
February 12, 2010 at 01:05 PM

So Bill now when someone needs a “SQUIGEE” which one do the grab? The one in the cornor or the one in the office?
Sounds like the boss just got a new nickname!

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tinkerbug Garage
February 12, 2010 at 01:24 PM

I say give him a tea cup next time. Heh Heh LOL. I on the other hand have an extra SNOW shovel he can borrow.

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www.car-art.us Garage
February 12, 2010 at 04:33 PM

When you can’t do anything else right, you get put in charge!

Next time suggest that he tape a piece of cardboard to the end of the squeegee.

That must really suck to get a foot of snow in a place that isn’t supposed to get snow.

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Fordy Acres Car Farm Garage
February 12, 2010 at 05:41 PM

I personally don’t see what all the fussing is about – The snow isn’t even up to their knees !!!

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351 Cleveland Garage
February 14, 2010 at 10:54 AM

I learned quickly where I used to work, if they are not mechanically inclined to do the job make them a boss. Enough said !!!

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