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While getting my cheap valve stems replaced today, I noticed the tire shop wasn't too knowledgeable about the torque recommendations. So I intervened to make sure they weren't going too tight. I told ...
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westend wrote:
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I'm sorry but this is another jab at workers and it's getting pretty old to me. Is this the type of behavior that you do in the workplace, change your ethics, procedures, and work pace when not directly under supervision?
FWIW, I've worked in some shops where the employees were on a higher road and showed better customer appreciation than management. /rant..
You are right, some workers do show a high degree of professionalism and follow procedures even when inconvenient. In my experience they are a small minority. In most tire shops the newly hired inexperienced are the tire changers, then work up to other jobs. The conscientious workers promote faster, the total slack offs do not last long at all. So the odds favor you will have a younger worker with marginal skills and average work ethic. Maybe you will get lucky and someone else is filling in for an absent tire changer, or you get one of the few really good ones. I will go with the odds. I double check the work as soon as I get home.
