Website Designed & Created by Scott "Gonzo" Weaver 2010.
GONZO'S TOOL BOX
Stories from the trenches and more.
Most of these stories will be in the next book, they are here for your enjoyment.
Final editing and or changes will be made before actually printing. Like them, let me know, this way you get to help decide which ones will be in the next book. thanx Gonzo
More stories on the Knowledge page too.
(you know this fella, I'm sure ya do)
(dealing with the dealership)
(One tough lady)
(Every dog has a story)
(Mike's dealings with a stray dog)
(a tough customer to deal with)
(a true veteran story)
(reputations and impressions)
(gangster in the lobby)
(can't read this one sitting down)
(first impressions)
(how many stooges does it take)
(I'm not perfect)
(all worked up over nothing)
(Diagnostics with a little help)
* Adrienne
(Rocky could've taken this guy)
(Spooky customer story)
(Even when a customer is wrong... )
(one coo-coo customer)
(this guy's elevator didn't go to the top)
(wife loves it when I mess up)
(trashed out cars at the repair shop)
(Dad pushes, Son watches)
(A real pain in the rear)
(I can't speak Spanish, but I am bilingual-- Computer bilingual)
(Another unusual customer)
(Gotta mess with those engineers)
(Less than truthful customers)
(The Missing Radio Caper)
* Tweaker
(Sometimes you just have to laugh)
(A deal is a deal, deal with it)
(When your actions effect their reactions)
(People can be in too much of a hurry)
(How many times do you have to repeat something before they "get it"??
* Royisms
(A little crude at times, but one of the best hands I've ever had working for me, just how he says things can make ya blush.)
(Even Superman has his weakness)
(Why go to a repair shop? You only have to change parts to fix a car!)
Are there trade secrets, yes, in some ways... it's no magic act!
It's those little creatures that scare me every Halloween. A different story than the usual... read it... if you dare... booohaahaa haa!
How important words are when explaining things to a customer
How much I do, and don't get anything to show for it except a set of keys.
(An odd story, involving a state trooper, a driver, and two dead bodies... interesting)
(I'd rather leave work at my job, but then sometimes you can't)
(The good and bad of 2011)
(Looking at the changes in the computer systems in cars from the early days to now)
(An over protective check engine light watcher)
When the customer gets "hot" because somebody else influences them
(a look at people from a different angle)
(my buddy Bill)
(you can impress yourself sometimes)
(breathalyzer repair)
(a vette with a different type of impression)
(sometimes that acorn doesn't fall to far away)
* 4 SALE-1 Used Car Salesman (Salesman and auto repair)
(this guy impressed me...)
(is the story really about a transmission?)
(Using a CB to inform a customer)
* Ode to Santa - a Christmas story (new version of my old poem - 25 yrs now)
(chauvinist repairs)
(Sgt Friday explains car repair)
(working on a cowboys Cadillac)
* Hoopty
(when it's better not to fix it)
(shorted fuse, long drive)
(strange customer claims)
(Buying parts before diagnosing the problem)
(Improving your outlook)
(Shock of a lifetime)
* What's on Second (Katie's story)
(This repair was a stretch)
(Comparing Parts to Golf)
(A one of a kind customer)
(One of those phrases I just don't understand)
(Those three little words...)
(Sometimes the source isn't reliable)
(Hero, soldier, or just an American, you be the judge)
(How many times has a shop owner heard this one)
(When the customer talks to good old Dad, the technician becomes the village idiot.)
(The shear wackiness of the world around us)
(Ya think you've heard it all... no, ya haven't)
(Those cheap deals on cars are cheap for a reason)
(When the customer knows more than I do)
(Explaining "It's doing the same thing" to another professional)
(It's nice to meet someone whos not in a hurry)
(Trying to leave the office at the office)
(Unwilling to wait but not unwilling to insult ya)
(Some of wildest ways I've seen people clamp the cables to the battery)
(Who's in control of your car ... You? or not You...)
(Understand what you're doing, before you understand you don't know what you're doing)
(A lesson learned by teaching, also how to make a fool out of yourself)
(Tackling a repair is like looking for Waldo)
A tribute to mechanics everywhere
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