More "fun" car stuff!
Aug. 8th, 2016 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetWhere "fun" does not follow the typical definition.
So when I made my car appointment last Friday, I specified that I would be bringing it in on Monday afternoon. I didn't mention why, but it was because I was working this morning and wouldn't have a chance to drive my car over until after I got back from work. I managed to get over there around 1:30.
Turns out the guy I made the appointment with forgot/neglected to include the critical "afternoon" part of my appointment. Why was this critical? Because apparently, if someone doesn't have a specific appointment time at this place, or even a specific time range, and they don't show up by noon, the staff assumes the person isn't going to show up. So you can imagine their surprise when I did show up, still wanting my car taken care of, and my subsequent surprise that "afternoon" had not been specified, thus leaving me somewhat in the lurch.
I'm off work until Friday, and told the person on desk as much, and even then I can borrow my mom's car over the weekend if need be, so it's not a huge problem that they probably can't (didn't, since they close at six-thirty) get to my car today. And they were cool with letting me leave the car there, so I didn't have to wrestle with getting it started up another two times. But it's still rather annoying that this hassle could've been avoided with a bit better communication.
So when I made my car appointment last Friday, I specified that I would be bringing it in on Monday afternoon. I didn't mention why, but it was because I was working this morning and wouldn't have a chance to drive my car over until after I got back from work. I managed to get over there around 1:30.
Turns out the guy I made the appointment with forgot/neglected to include the critical "afternoon" part of my appointment. Why was this critical? Because apparently, if someone doesn't have a specific appointment time at this place, or even a specific time range, and they don't show up by noon, the staff assumes the person isn't going to show up. So you can imagine their surprise when I did show up, still wanting my car taken care of, and my subsequent surprise that "afternoon" had not been specified, thus leaving me somewhat in the lurch.
I'm off work until Friday, and told the person on desk as much, and even then I can borrow my mom's car over the weekend if need be, so it's not a huge problem that they probably can't (didn't, since they close at six-thirty) get to my car today. And they were cool with letting me leave the car there, so I didn't have to wrestle with getting it started up another two times. But it's still rather annoying that this hassle could've been avoided with a bit better communication.
