Weird, that’s what I was thinking about you.

Or maybe that customer had worked in a service department before and knew what could go wrong. At my dealership, if a customer dropped off a car and did their own external 360 check before walking away, I knew that customer meant business and that I should be extra careful with their car (aka I needed to make sure I…

You know what, though - those pain in the ass customers are probably the most intelligent people at a car dealership. You have no idea the shit people pull at dealerships and try to get away with. In the same day, I’ve seen people steal change from cars, hit them against other cars and attempt to cover up the damage,…

I dunno, ask your mom, I’m sure she’ll tell you.

Actually I’d be more likely to be the mechanic, because until recently I worked in a service department at a dealership.

It’s difficult. Like, usually I’m a cynical kind of guy and accept that generally people are very shitty. I just don’t think we should accept that. I mean, we don’t accept that with childcare professionals. Imagine if we said “well, you can give your baby to a daycare, but don’t expect to get your baby back with all…

Well yeah. In both crimes, the perpetrator wants to take something that isn’t theirs and they don’t give a fuck how it affects anyone the victim - or they do care, and get off on the idea of not getting caught. It’s easy to get all up-in-arms when anyone brings up rape, but the mentality of a rapist is quite similar…

That might work better if bartenders were known for spitting in drinks, unprovoked.

The thing is, though, is that you’re paying these people to take good care of your car. The whole point of that business is to have them serve you. Not steal from you. The house break-in analogy would work better in this case if you’d handed the robber your housekeys.

Because you should never expect a business to steal from you while they perform the service you’re going to pay for. Ever. You should not be expected to take precautions. You should expect the employees to be decent people and not thieves.

And you do it right by emptying your car entirely before handing your car over to a business that should by all means be trustworthy?

That’s almost like blaming a rape victim for wearing a short skirt. A bit extreme of a comparison, but realistically you should be able to leave whatever you want in your car without…

I think it’s sweet. It’s like, “You might have forgotten, but your wife is worth more than you remember. A whole $162, in fact.”

Or maybe he counted it and left it because he didn’t want to carry 5 pounds of coins in his pocket.

The industry has a reputation. What’s the guy supposed to do, assume his mechanic (who he clearly has no relationship with) is an especially moral snowflake of a man? Say nothing and risk getting called a liar if he notices change missing later?

Ah I did not realize that. Inception quoting can confuse a person.

I understand, but like... should a person be required to remove and then carry $20 in change because they can’t trust the people who are working on his car? The guy might have been a dick, but this kind of thing is a legitimate problem in the industry. I have seen coworkers do it and been horrified. Also had things…

So this comment is this story of how a person who experienced a common form of theft happen right in front of his eyes later got personally offended when someone attempted to protect themselves from said form of theft.

Jesus that must be a nightmare. At the VW dealer I worked at, the techs HATED the Eos because the roofs were apparently horribly unreliable. I once put the roof down to see how it worked and everyone lost their shit because they were afraid it’d break and we’d be liable.

Now just imagine that, but for a car that was…

I was gonna say my VR6 Jetta for $4k, but this just takes the cake and pisses all over it.

The only thing that sounds really annoying about that is the frosted tips part. Everything else sounds pretty hot imo