TTAC Video of the Week: Hapless Shop Employee Does Three Stooges Routine
by Tim Healey
January 18th, 2023 12:43 PM
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In the span of less than a minute, a repair-shop employee managed to injure the foot of a customer/coworker and then injured the poor guy again.
Videos are best watched instead of described, so go take a minute of your lunch hour and check this one out.
It's worth it for the laugh. We just hope the poor older gentleman is OK.
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"Oficina"? All I could think of was one of the phrases I remember from eighth grade Spanish class: "Mi duele el pie" ("My foot hurts"). Lol.
Working in the service department of a dealership in the late 1970's I backed a car into the service bay and as I was taught, left it in gear (yes, a manual transmission). Back in those days many (most?) cars did not require that you depress the clutch to start the car. The manager leaned into the car and cranked the key (which per instructions was left in the ignition). The car of course started and lurched forward, running over the manager's foot and breaking it.
Being a good guy and noting that I had followed the required procedures, he took full responsibility.
He was in a hurry and wanted to listen to the engine. In another incident one of the technicians mounted a car incorrectly on a lift. Once it got about 5 feet in the air, it tipped and landed on another car.
Cannot laugh, it is a tragedy.