So I get in to work this morning to be greeted with "My car is broken, can you mend it?" from the girl who sits at the next desk to me.

Me - "What's up with it?"

Her - "It didn't work this morning."

Me - "OK, so talk me through what's happened"

Her - "It just doesn't work, can you fix it or not? Oh, and it smells"

...Sheesh...

Me - "Look, I'll need a bit more detail. Imagine you went into the doctors and said I'm poorly, what's wrong with me. What would he say?"

Her - "He'd tell me what was wrong and give me some tablets or something"

Me - "OK, so you got into your car this morning, put the key in the ignition, turned it and what happened?"

Her - "Nothing, it's broken"


....This went on for about half an hour....


It seems she's had someone put a new battery in her car 4 months ago but she hasn't used it since. We went outside and the positive battery clamp wasn't clamping properly.

Fixed in about 5 mins.

"It's just broken".....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Is it just me or do people expect you to magically know what's wrong with things?

 

Ha. Working in IT I know exactly how this feels. Solution involves some cable ties, a baseball bat, and a big hole in the woods.

 

IS SHE FIT ?

 

NO but she's good at menial tasks that I can't be bothered doing so I need to keep on her good side.

 

 

Has she tried turning it off and back on again?

 

How comes the car was at work if it was broken?

 

Welcome to the world of Fleet Management!

Although I did call a wheel bearing fault right from 'it's just a weird noise' (99% luck, 1% knowledge )

 

It's to be filed with the "I know what I meant" comment.

Some people only exist in their own little head.

Or those who never stop talking, but never acutally communicate anything.

 

Best one I had was at my old place of work.

I was working in IT and the cleaners came out with the following:

'You're a techie, can you fix the lift, its slow'

The entire IT office come to me regarding car problems though!