Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Career advice

You might recall that I recently broke my car with an amazing feat of strength.

Well, I got it fixed yesterday, and received further evidence that while having doctors, lawyers, etc. in your family sounds impressive, it's much more useful to have plumbers, carpenters and car mechanics.

Case in point: The part that needed to be replaced cost $24. Labor to install said part? $90.

I shouldn't have discarded those brochures I received from mechanic schools when I was applying to colleges.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Locksmiths. Had one over recently to swap out the front door lock to keep toddler from becoming roadkill. Total time to do job: About 15 minutes. Bill: $90.

Anonymous said...

new part : $24
labor : $90
the look on your face after ripping the handle off of your door : priceless

if only I'd had a camera handy.