‘I Charge Them More Every Single Time:' Tech Reveals 1 Quality Guaranteed to Make Your Mechanic Hate You
mechanic
who goes by Claw Boss (@reelclawboss) on Instagram shared a customer pet peeve: Asking non-stop questions while he works. And it seems like there are more than a few other folks in the craft who share his mindset.
The auto tech's short clip is set to the tune of a song that repeatedly implores a person to 'shut the [expletive] up,' as part of its hook. Pairing this tune with the text overlay in their clip, along with a group of dancing chickens, intones that the service tech isn't a fan of this particular client interaction. 'We all have that one customer. Stands in the shop while you're working on their car and won't stop asking questions,' he captions
Commenters Were Divided
Folks had differing opinions on the clients they render service to in their respective auto businesses. One person remarked that a patron has the right to ask questions since they're the one paying for their car to be fixed. 'Customer's car, customer's paying,' one said.
However, there was another Instagram user who seemed to concur with Claw Boss's commentary on the chatty individuals who roll into his shop. They said, 'Best part of our shop: Only staff allowed in shop.'
Another person, who said that they were an auto tech themselves, echoed the aforementioned sentiment. According to them, they've never been employed in an automotive service center that allowed customers to watch the work techs were doing. 'Never in my life have I seen a shop allow customers in the shop,' they penned. 'I be on the other side of the glass like *hey, did you make sure to torq that bolt!? While I smoke my dart and continue to stare. Lol all jokes aside I do enjoy watching and learning.'
But this didn't appear to be par the course for all folks getting their cars fixed. One person who got their vehicle's air conditioning system repaired expressed that they were grateful to watch their mechanic fix the issue. Moreover, they said the tech was forthcoming about the work he was completing. 'My mechanic let me watch him do my AC for my truck. I asked a few questions and he didn't mind. He seemed to like that I was trying to learn,' they said.
Other Mechanics Sound Off
It seems like Claw Boss wasn't the only service tech who took to social media to decry this specific customer behavior. YouTuber Barricade Garage also professed he wasn't too fond of someone looking over his shoulder while he was working on a car. In a caption for his
video
that touches on this same topic, he writes, 'most mechanics usually want to be left unbothered when working on your vehicle.'
Additionally, Redditors in this
r/MechanicAdvice
post also discussed this same client phenomenon. The thread's original poster wanted to know if it was considered poor manners on his part to watch the tech replace the tires on his vehicle. One person remarked that the practice is 'a touchy subject with a lot of shops,' due to how different customers react to the work being performed on their vehicle.
They said that customers might try to nickel-and-dime labor time, not considering that a mechanic who has accrued decades of experiencing fixing problems is able to rectify a problem more quickly than a less experienced tech. Thus, their complaints about inaccurate labor times are invalidated. To drive this point home, they shared an anecdote about a client who went 'ballistic' for being billed for 30 minutes of labor on a muffler replacement.
They said the tech swapped out the component in around five minutes and asked why they were charged for 30 minutes of labor instead. Following this, the Reddit user explained to the customer, 'The guy who just put your muffler on has almost 30 years' exhaust experience. And has it down to an art. If I'd known you wanted to wait longer I would have done it myself - I'm a diagnostic tech and really bad at exhaust. It takes me forever,' they wrote.
Some Mechanics Don't Mind Watchful Customers
Another commenter in the same Reddit thread said it all boils down to the type of person who is watching them perform their work. This user said, 'I don't mind people watching because they are curious.' Although, when they begin to chime in with their own repair strategies, or when they reference other handy people they know, that's when they begin to take issue with sideline commentary. 'Don't call me a liar, and don't bring it to me to fix it if you trust [someone else] so much,' they penned.
In this
Quora
post, some auto techs argued that barring customers from entering the shop area boils down to potential safety concerns. They said that due to heavy machinery, car lifts, and an array of moving parts, clients could be at risk of bodily harm. In order to mitigate these possible incidents from occurring and any legal actions that could be levied against the shop, many service centers will bar folks from watching their cars being worked on.
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has reached out to the Claw Boss via Instagram direct message for further comment.
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Kat Timpf: Yeah, it's it's really it helps it does help it does Guy Benson: And I'm sure that is music to the ears of a lot of people who've been thinking about you, praying for you, caring about you. All right, Kat, how is motherhood? Kat Timpf: I love it. I love I, you know, I never saw myself ever doing it. And I don't think the audience probably saw me doing it, but it's it's just been so amazing. I really love it, he's like my little dude and. Guy Benson: He looks just like you. Kat Timpf: Looks exactly like me. Guy Benson: For a second, for a hot minute there, he looked like Cam. Kat Timpf: He looked like Cam, but no, he doesn't. Guy Benson: It's like, no, that is a Kat Timpf baby boy. Kat Timpf: Yes, and he's got it. He's starting to have believe it or not a bit of an attitude I know it it's great. He performs like he performed like when he when somebody new comes over He giggles he shows off. He is cute He's performing for people and then once he feels like they're hooked He'll kind of stop and I'm just like this is so crazy. Like he's gotten a bit an attitude He'll get like sick of us and he'll want some Guy Benson: Like, manipulative cuteness. Kat Timpf: I'm like, are you manipulating people? Like, you're not even six months old yet. How are you being manipulative? But he's so cute. He's so sweet. I mean, I get up with him every morning and I go and he smiles at me. And it's just the best like hit of dopamine that you could ever get. It's so crazy to see a face that looks like you smiling up at you. It's so stupid and like so hack to say, but it's definitely the best choice I've made. You know, I'm I'm really glad that I did it. Guy Benson: Well, and people kept telling me, and I've mentioned this on the air before, but people were telling me and us before our son arrived, oh, you'll never know love like this. Your heart will grow a size and a half once you see him. And I always kind of smiled and nodded and all that, but in my mind, I was sort of rolling my eyes, like, okay, just relax. I'm gonna love my kid, but I understand the human condition. We'll be fine here. It's not gonna really, it'll change our life, but I'm not gonna get all mushy like that. And then The second that child was in my presence for the first time when he arrived on the scene, it happened. Like I had that heart thing happen and something lock into my brain like, oh, it is on, I am responsible for this person. And it was this like achievement unlocked next level of love and responsibility that just all of a sudden arrives. And I can only imagine how that whole sort of swarm of feelings and emotions must have felt while also dealing with this this cancer question at the same time that is just too huge. Yeah, sort of blows wonderful and terrible at the same time. How's it been on cam your husband? Kat Timpf: He is amazing. I mean, I'm just amazed by him. I mean I've really, really tested the sickness and health thing. I mean. I've been like very sick for a young woman who, and also, you know, like I'm in shape. It's not like, you could, neither of us could have seen this coming. Between you know the ostomy bag that had a few years ago and then this it's like he could have he could do a shift At a hospital probably with like learning how to care for me after all these various surgeries He could step he has an honorary nursing degree at this point and I I mean I am not for the week Just my personality and who I am as a woman And a person it takes a really strong man to be able to be with me And then add this on top of it I mean, it's just, I'm so glad that I chose this person. I'm the, I am so glad that I choose this person because I don't know. He has been my rock through all this. And you know, the fact that it's like, I enjoy being with this person, I get excited to come home and see this person I know that's so gross, but it's true. He is my best friend. He is best friend Guy Benson: And I'll just say this because we're all friends, we talk a lot, we hang out, and I've heard him complain many times about just various things in life. Never once have I heard him say one word of complaint about any of these difficult sacrifices that you guys have gone through, which is just incredible. And then one thing that you said, because we've got to go here in a second, one thing that that you've said now for months, you're like, hey, even before the cancer and everything, before your baby arrived, you were like, we've gotta go on vacation with our families and our kids together. Let's do that in the future for years to come. We always would talk about it. Yeah. And then you've gone through all this stuff. And then, you came back to me and to Cam. You're like, no, like, let's do it. I want to plan something. I want look forward to something. And so, Cam and I have been plotting together. And we've got something on the calendar many months from now with an amazing group. And it's something that I'm already so excited for, Kat. Kat Timpf: I'm so excited too. Guy Benson: I'm just so grateful that you were willing to come on and talk about all of these things We have not talked on the air in months Kat Timpf: I know. Guy Benson: This is just meaningful and I can't wait until we talk again in private and also on the air. Thank you. Kat Timpf: Ah, love you, buddy. Guy Benson: That's Kat Timpf from Fridays with Kat on the Guy Benson show.
