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Matt, I'm really not trying to be a jerk.

My wife's cousin's husband, the boat mechanic, has a degree in mechanical engineering and is anal retentive as hell. He is a boat mechanic because he fell in love and it was the only job he could find in the economically depressed area he lives in. I'd classify him as the single honest guy at the shop he works at. He constantly has to deal with the other mechanics lying to him and lying to the owner. Not to mention the salespeople lying to customers. (That 40 on the side is just the model number, it's a 100 hp motor!)

One story he told me this summer was that one of the other mechanics was the trusted mechanic for a local family. They always personally requested him to work on their boats. Apparently this year their boat came in with a lower unit failure while their preferred mechanic was on vacation. It was clear to him that the gear oil had never been changed through the life of the boat, despite there being an invoice for it every year...