Re: OT: My Job Interview

In article <kl75d1121fqfjqt5bgu66e2lp0cjm67ije@xxxxxxx>,
thegreatone@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:14:24 -0400, Keith Williams <krw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <cm45d1hn7t6mvr4avf558egc2qus2t6s97@xxxxxxx>,
> >jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> >> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:28:54 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
> >> <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> >John Larkin wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> A fathead would write long, pompous essays on his theories of
> >> >> management, when he has a history of not keeping jobs. A knucklehead
> >> >> would install new tires on my car and let me drive away without
> >> >> tightening the lug nuts. (Both examples from real life.)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > John, you should know better than to buy tires from a place called
> >> >"Fine, Howard & Fine"! ;-)
> >>
> >> I made it about a block along Mission street, in my MG Midget, when
> >> the right-rear wheel fell off in heavy traffic. I walked back to the
> >> tire place and screamed at them, and they hustled out a crew to fix it
> >> in the middle of the street. Knuckleheads.
> >
> >I had it happen in DC about 300mi from where and 48 hours after the
> >knuckleheads did their work. Fortunately, I caught it before I lost a
> >wheel (all four were loose). The care acted "funny". A couple of years
> >ago my wife lost a wheel the same day the car had its annual safety
> >inspection (about two weeks after the snows went on for the season).
> >That one messed up the quarter-panel, all the lugs, and a year-old
> >Haakapalita. Knuckleheads are everywhere.
>
> I get all my tire work done at Discount Tire... for probably 25-30
> years now.
>
> Throughout all that time I've observed one very comforting action...
> after the technician mounts all the tires a manager comes over and
> checks the torque on all the lug nuts.

My wife's snows (the Haaks) were done at Costco. They (nominally) use
a torque-wrench too. The manager looks up the specs and usually did
the check. There is a disclaimer that says that they should be re-
torqued after 50 miles. I wonder how many bring them back?

> I suspect that somewhere along the company's history an "unfortunate"
> event happened ;-)

I'm sure it's happened to them all. I know a certified mechanic who
forgot the last half of an oil change. Cost his employer $5K for a new
engine.

I understand that some aluminum wheels creep and have to be re-torqued
periodically. I was advised to have these re-torqued every oil change,
after the wheel went missing. I've since ditched the car; problem
solved.

--
Keith

.

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