Tradesmen Who Tell Fibs, Don't Get 'Second Dibs'

I have always remarked that unless you have a very good memory; don't ever tell fibs because it's practically guaranteed that you will slip up somewhere, so why bother even going there?

For a trade's person who says they've done a job to 'pad out' their bill when they haven't done the work is losing a lot more than a bit of extra cash. Quite frankly, you simply don't know who is watching or why. It's probably not an original story but it happened to me yesterday.

My car was due for registration and as it was an interstate licence plate it had to go through all the checks etc. which meant I had to leave it at the garage and give them time to do their thing. I said I was going up to the shopping centre (mall) but on the way ran into a friend and she invited me up to her office for a coffee. Now her office just happened to overlook the garage where I had left my car. Long story short, the mechanic drove my car to the hoist and it was the next car in line after the one already up on the hoist. I watched all this as I enjoyed my coffee and chat with my friend.

I was asked to come back by 1500 and as the time approached; my car was still waiting to be done. I left my friend and went over to the garage expecting him to ask me to come back in another hour and I wasn't overly impressed but because I had been watching I knew the mechanic who was working on the car ahead of me really had been going 'flat chat'. Hey, you know, that's life. No big deal at least I was away from my computer for longer than anticipated and that can't be all bad, can it?

But then the mechanic started rattling off all these things that were wrong with my car~ it was going to cost me nearly $600 to get everything fixed! He had barely looked at the car (he hadn't even kicked the tyres) and he certainly hadn't even driven the car more than ten feet. But he did kindly offer me a 5% discount

There is no way that I will ever let him near my car again. If there is something wrong with my car it could kill me so why would I want to put my life in someone's hands who tells me lies?

So my message and advice to all our honest 'tradies' out there is never be tempted to tell 'porkies' 'cause they will come back and bite you on your "nether end".