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I lost my temper with a mechanic today

I had a cluster **** of a day, got bugged all day, and was behind schedule. Was trying to get to the repair shop for some business I had with them. I drive all the way across town and get there at 3:30 on a Thursday afternoon, only to find the door locked! I knocked on the door, but they would not answer it. I could see the guy in there getting some tools. I started pounding my door and yelling at him to open up. My temper is boiling, and I really don't want to have taken my time to drive all the way across town, only to have this guy totally blow me off. This jackass see me, and yells at me through the door "can't talk right now, come back in one hour" . I banged at my door really hard, punched it, then went out in the lot yelling profanity's at him, and making a scene.
This guy came unglued, fired out the front door and just blew up on me. He was so fuchin' pissed, and screaming and coming at me I had to back up against my car.
We engaged in a heated argument for about a minute, and there was a brief period where I was ready to let it loose. Good on me, I cooled off, and diffused the situation. We both apologized and went our seperate ways.
Almost 20 years of dealing with shops, mechanics, etc., and this is the second time this has happened. I am a little ashamed of my actions, but damn, I drove all the way across town, during normal business hours, and this guy wouldn't even give me a minute of time. If he does not want to be pestered by customers, perhaps he should find another line of work.

Old 12-08-2011, 08:28 PM
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I would think this to be a lot more serious if you did it all the time.

You should feel a little ashamed. Do you ?

We should all spend a little more time in front of the mirror.
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Some guy comes at me like that, I'm gonna pimp slap him.
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An amazing coincidence.

I lost my temper with a customer today

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Its people like u Mclovin that enable me to get good service. Treat others like u would have them treat u. It works wonders. If I was the mechanic I would have called the police on u. Anger management course needed.
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I don't suffer poor customer sevice more than once from any place of business. Will you be going back?
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