Normality

weve been heaving out the door for a month or two now,maybe theyre all still on furlough up there?certainly if your nicola gets her way they will be.

im already on 45min slots,hr for trannys/campers and crap like that

I used to be pushed for up to 14 a day until I let go good style, which then dropped them down to 8 or less. I suppose a lot might depend on what part of the country your in for continuous throughput all year round, but up North some parts of the year we are quiet anyway. We're not really that busy now with mot's so when winter comes round, which normally see's a reduction anyway, it'll be interesting this year after covid and full staff retention back to see how the business hold up? 

we have similar problems particularly when muppet central decides a couple of pikey trannys followed by a procession of sh1t is a wizard wheeze.have had it a few times where a sequence of sh1te has put me so far behind that theyre gonna lose a test or two so then they have to get one of the other fellas to do one or two to catch em back up,they already know my reply if they start giving me sh1te about it,YOU booked em in,YOU already know a 25 year old tranny or similar is gonna make me late.YOU booked it for 45mins instead of an hour.YOU sort the fooker out cos i will drop you if you keep making out like its me thats the ****.i dont tend to see retests unless we got a no show,the guys that fix em normally retest em so most of mine are initial tests.i remember pointing out to one of my joeys that he can be replaced by a couple of vibrators but they cant run em in/out/drop the ramp/jackbeams/get the doors etc open/check the oil/set the temp probe up etc etc now can they?optl would slow us up too much so its still(in some cases only just barely!)worthwhile having an assistant particularly given youre supposed to have one in the ever increasing number of hybrids/leccy motors anyway.

further to the above is it just me or have the workshops died on their arse over the last 3 days?oh yeah and the publics back to normal,every day at least a couple of no shows,plenty waiting so i aint fussed but during lockdown they ALL showed up with the occasional phone cancellation,now theyre back to not even bothering to ring and when YOU ring them?"yeah got it done already mate,bye"wankers,you could ring us to book the fooker but cant seem to manage it when you aint gonna bother showing up,guess that means the moodys are all back up to full production!

Only a couple of no-shows this month and they have called to say when they get the all cler from isolating they will re-book . 137 tests so far with anothe 27 already booked . A really busy month for me . Not testing Saturdays . Got a few welding projects that are taking up evening and weekends . Anyone know where I can get my hands on a pair of Rover 400 hatchback sills that have the lower part of the rear arches built in ?

Workshops booked solid plus trying to fit it mot repairs ,just took 2 lads on temp bases ,averaging 15/20 tests daily on extended hours .
It’s not just tests that took a back seat during lockdown,service needs/repairs have been put off I think ,finances not available during lockdown etc etc ,who knows ,I’m just glad that I’m fortunate to be busy.
We’re getting new customers due to ford and citreon garages closing.

british museum?

you might know it better as the house of lords/parliament