I miss being a mechanic

[Cyberian]

But I miss the interaction with my customers and the satisfaction of a job well done. I don?t get that where I work now. I don?t see happy customers, or mad ones either, when my job is complete.

Man, I can hear that.
I spent 30+ years working directly with customers and like you said, 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.
I was a Field Service Tech for IBM and nothing beat the satisfaction of getting a crashed server back up and running quickly enough to elicit 'oohs' and 'aahs' from various members of the office staff.

It was icing on the cake if the boss was around.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: Roger
As for me, I will never be able to put the wrench down for good, it's too much fun.

Man, I was an F/A-18s Mech for 6 years (Marines), and when it was my time to quit, I was gone faster than a jet thrown off a carrier. Never looked back since, I'm now a machanic for my toys, I guess you've seen the pix.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: Roger
As for me, I will never be able to put the wrench down for good, it's too much fun.

Ditto, that why I still work on the weekends. This weekend I have the following vehicles lined up.

1994 Dodge B350 - Front Brake Issue & Electrical Intermittent Problem
1994 Thunderbird - Air bag Light Diagnosis & repair, if I don't needed a Air Bag Module
1990 Jaguar XJ6 - Blower Motor In-op & Rear Brake Lights In-op (Please Pray for me)

And I should be able to finish assembling a 302 Boss engine for a 1969 Mach1.

Lucas= Prince of DARKNESS

 

[Quixfire]

Well I talked it over with the wife and we will be opening a garage within the next two years. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks for listening.