

| Subject: | Re: Back and forth |
| From: | Mark A Kippert |
| Date: | Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:02:25 -0500 |
Did he work at a dealership? Mark K 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD On Dec 11, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Arkady Mirvis wrote: > I met recently in Frankfurt an old German mechanic returning after 2 > years in USA. Joachim-Gottlib (his name) wasn't of great opinion > about the service in USA and working habbits. I, he said, hardly > escaped nervous breakdown soon after my arrival to USA and then was > constantly on the edge of insanity seeing dirt, parts and tools on > the floor. Then very few professionally trained employes, mostly > kids repeating mistakes of their trainers. I was outraged that the > place had only one experienced (?) person controlling bunch of > inexperienced employes. > Nobody really did mental work and service was haphazard, trial and > error, sweating out. Nobody was able to do the work in required time > standard and the customer was often charged for work not done.
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