Hey Dumb Shit! Dumbass brake jobbers!

I want to be a Dentist.

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We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!

We're not daffy and dilly
Don't go 'round willy nilly
Seems to us kinda silly
That we don't fit in.

We may be different from the rest
Who decides the test
Of what is really best?

We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!

Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
I'm an adorable reindeer
Why don't I fit in?

Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
They can't fire me.
I QUIT!

We may be different from the rest
Who decides the test
Of what is really best?

We're a couple of misfits
We're a couple of misfits
What's the matter with misfits
That's where we fit in!
 
Sorry V8, I for one certainly don't mean to bunch any body's panties.
I guess it's just because I've seen, heard, hired and worked with so many bumbling dumbasses like Jamie seems to be, that maybe the hairs on my back get all bristly whenever he types anything.
I can't help it.
I don't think it's name calling when the name fits.
In resto's little world, when you don't know fuck-all, you pay attention to what people around you are saying, and maybe learn something, so that someday you too, can talk like the big boys.
I feel pretty proud to be a "tech" and I really don't like it when shitheads like Jamie infer that they know just as much.
I don't profess to know it all, by any means, but everything I have ever read that came from Jamie's keyboard leads me to believe that he hasn't a clue as to what he's talking about.



I'm ready to move on now, so I'll STFU. :bravo:
What the Hell does "skeet, skeet" mean?
 
to cut and paste the urban dictionary definitions would make me shudder again :)

In context per his usage, I understand it as tee hee or har har.
 
React as one may, his deletion of the original post is very telling:

What we're dealing with is the over-indulged, underdisciplined product of what's referred around these parts as a "weak load"--in terms of the moment of conception.

I'm not being reactionary or upset... I simply base my commentary on years of reading inane posts and the fact that the worst actually-employed mechanic or technician of which I've ever heard has never knocked a hole in a timing cover during a tune-up. That is simply the pinnacle of gross ineptitude. I can't imagine it being topped, yet here he is bashing on others--folks who get paid to do their job day in and out.

I didn't see the original post, but did it ever occur to him that garbage in = garbage out? I don't know what happened. Was he pissed because the local shop wanted $60 for a caliper he could have bought himself for $35? Does he not understand the concept of "profit"? Was it beyond his comprehension that there is a legal limit to which rotors can be cut, and at some point one has to bite the bullet and replace? Someone please explain...

No matter, because even online--where all one can get is a typewritten bashing--he didn't have the balls to stick to his guns and not only defend what he'd written but further expound upon the situation so we could all say, "Yeah, Jamie... you really did get an idiot tech!" Instead, he delted his post and hoped it would all go away like everything else does when Mom hugs him and says it's OK to bring home the latest hunk of useless f__k to strike his fancy at the junkyard.

As a last point, I'll add this: brakes are a cakewalk. If he's such a spectacular mechanic, why did he bring such a simple job to the professionals, be they inept or not? Was he afraid he'd crack the grille?

Sorry, pal, you did this to yourself. I just call 'em as I see 'em.
 
Going off a bad memory here...

But in his original post Jass he stated that he had a brake job done, and that he had a bad clunk on one wheel...turned out the guy never installed the plates to hold the caliper to the mounting bracket and the caliper was moving in and out of the bracket and rubbing against the rim.

Also the metal shims for the brake pads were installed on one side, instead of one on each pad and then not glued to the pads.

Remember something about loose bolts...but can't recall what...probably the metal plates to hold the calipers in place...maybe on the other side....:huh:

Anyway sure there was some other stuff but I think that covered it.:p
 
he didn't have the brake job done, if I remember correctly, just going through the JY truck.

something about a retainer clip being upside down. bending tabs on a floating caliper??

he just about had it figured out when he said the master cylinder was toast . but then started ranting about educated idiots, and my train of thought derailed.

I like the guy, I think he's having fun, but I wish he had a "filter" or some respect for his elders :)
 
He didn’t have the brake job done. He found the mess going through the truck he bought out of the salvage yard and assumed that a tech had done the job. That is what I took offence with. He jumped to a conclusion and started bitching about something of which he has no idea.

For all any of us know, Including Jamie, the brakes were hacked together simply to get it to the salvage yard.

I also was pushed over the edge by a couple of people who were quick to jump on the band wagon with Jamie but at least they had the balls to defend there comments.

I admit there are people out there who shouldn’t be flipp'n wrenches for pay but those of us who are good at what they do , care about what they do, and love what they do don’t deserve to be lumped in with the bad.

It takes a long time for word of mouth about a good shop to get around but it takes no time for a bad rep to get around especially when it is undeserved.
 
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Bingo and well said, Stretchy.

That's what bugged me about the post too - he found the hack job on a truck he acquired - no idea who did the work, but blamed it on a technician.

No logical train from symptom to conclusion and just plain disrespect of people along the way.

I do think he was just trying to be amusing but he failed. Likely, for all the reasons that everyone called him out on..
 
dodgechargerfan said:
That's what bugged me about the post too - he found the hack job on a truck he acquired - no idea who did the work, but blamed it on a technician.
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You know, I didn't even think of that-the idea that a technician might not have been the one to do the work. Nevertheless, I feel like I summed it up pretty tightly a few posts ago with the flowchart. Perfect example of people working hard to get offended.

I have to say, if I or anybody else here had posted exactly the same thing as he did, we would not have gotten anywhere near as harsh a response as he did. It might not have been all positive but it wouldn't have been so ridiculous. This is not the first time I've seen people carefully look for the worst in something he says so they can scream and rant.
 
dodgechargerfan said:
- he found the hack job on a truck he acquired - no idea who did the work, but blamed it on a technician.

No logical train from symptom to conclusion and just plain disrespect of people along the way...
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Yep. I was given some wise words of advice many, many years ago, and have never forgotten them to this day. "NEVER ASSUME........." And that is what has gotten Jamie into this mess, that and the fact that I really think that he may be the type who likes to get a rise out of people, just from what I've heard about previous posts. Who knows, he could be sitting back enjoying all this.... :huh:
 
Moparlady said:
Who knows, he could be sitting back enjoying all this.... :huh:
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Possibly, but I wouldn't ASSUME that.:bwuhaha: (sorry, couldn't resist.)

I've "known" him to whatever extent you know people you never meet on internet forums for a number of years, going back to moparts and the year 2000 or so. I can't say I recall him being the type that irritates people just for fun.
 
Where is JAMIE anyway? is he a kind of Hit and Run kind of guy? I have seen and heard these guys before. ... get everyone all Upset with a statement and then go. and not respond.people who do this have a security problem i think.... --then they say all : I said was this and that: ... i really never asked for anything. you guys carried on. i just said what happened.... i have seen these guys get chased around a shop and out the door. ---- so the way i am going to handle JAMIE from now on is just let him spout and not respond. when he makes sens on another subject then i may respond. --- the other thing that throws me is when someone says : oh i hear ya: then when the other person says and asks for a backup to what he is saying looks at the other and says he,ll back me up and then gets the surprise right there when he says NO I SAID i hear ya --- i didnt say i agree...........that to me is a cowards way out of a dispute or conversation that needs truth or settlement. i look at it as : LET YOUR YAY BE YA AND YOUR NAY BE NAY----- in ither words --- let your yes be yes or your no be no--------if you cant do that then shut up and dont get involved. i know for me i will back up what i say. and i will back up anyone i feel who makes sense or IS TRYING TO...... as for Jamie----- well if he carries on like this i hope he isnt like this at home with family or kids or whatever because he WILL have a very hard life..... i said that before and yes isaid again why? because if he reading this i hope he sees it and tries to undrstand that he really needs people to come along and stand and maybe hold him up. but he has to learn that people wont take the blast and have him not respond he has to answer as in sorry and in the futer i,ll try harder . then we listen .. maybe i dont make sense but i hope i did. of course this all and given as a friend of this place in my humble opinion-------Thanks for listening to a guy like me --Ed:)
 
v8440 said:
You know, I didn't even think of that-the idea that a technician might not have been the one to do the work. Nevertheless, I feel like I summed it up pretty tightly a few posts ago with the flowchart. Perfect example of people working hard to get offended.

I have to say, if I or anybody else here had posted exactly the same thing as he did, we would not have gotten anywhere near as harsh a response as he did. It might not have been all positive but it wouldn't have been so ridiculous. This is not the first time I've seen people carefully look for the worst in something he says so they can scream and rant.
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I don't think anyone was working to get offended and the logic in your flowchart is flawed.

I'm not a tech. but I know more than a few. I don't think it's fair to paint them with the same brush. That pissed me off.

You're right - to a degree - about someone else posting a similar thread and not getting ripped as much. I would say that's because most others that would post something like have earned the respect of others or more importantly, admit that they lack the knowledge and experience and respect others' opinions. Or maybe they're just smart enough to know how to rant about a situation without generalizing.

It comes down to his history with this kind of crap here and on other sites.

If he had just ranted about how screwed up the brake job was and wondered out loud at what kind of idiot could do such a thing, I think this would have stayed in the "amusing post" category.

On the flip side, if he had proof or even just knowledge that the job was done by a tech, then the rant against techs would have been easier to take - BUT he would still have been corrected to not paint all techs with the same brush. I doubt it would have gone much further than that.

Everyone has had bad experiences with techs. That doesn't make all techs bad. Finding a screwed up job and blaming a tech when you don't know for sure who did the work is a completely different issue and I don't blame anyone for jumping all over that.
 
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