the good and the worst
First off, I had a fun fun time in California. It’s one of the best trips I’ve gone on, good weather, good location and good companion. California is such a beautiful state, last visited place was NYC, so it’s no comparison, hats off to Cali Sun Shine baby! And I came back with a full head of software testing tips and tricks… so full I think I’m already start to forget what I learned. Anyways, good time, good memory will be cherished.
Now, the shitty stuff. I will not hold back on my language and fuck you MIDAS! I’ve had it up to my throat, I was so pissed off at how crappy their service is. If I hear one more squeaking noise from my brakes in 2 days I will write a nasty email to their head quarter. Here is what happened. My car, 4 rotors and 4 brake pads are in need of replacing. I knew before I drove the car to the shop that all these are need to be replaced. No big deal, they charged me over 1000 dollars on the invoice where 400 for the materials and 600 for the labour.
Ok, let’s put the labour fee on hold here and talk about what happened when I drove the car off the lot. As soon as I started driving I started little squeaking noise from the right side of the car… I remember hearing from the rep that it’ll take about half of a week for the car to work in for the new sets of brakes. But when the squeaking is happening even without pressing on the brake I started to get worry. I mean, new brakes shouldn’t make such a noise. So I called them and say I will bring in the next morning. Usually I arrived to the shop earlier before they open the door, but the mechanic saw me and asked what was wrong. I told him whatever happened to the car he then asks let’s go for a test drive. I was sitting in the passenger side where he just hammers my car like it’s not his… well, it’s not his, it’s mind, but come on dip shit, a little more gentle wouldn’t hurt plus you don’t need to hammer the car to hear the brake pissing the squeak noise.
He then brought the car onto the ramp and told me to wait in the shop. After 5 minutes he told me it was just some metal that was scratching against the rotor… Here is what I said to myself, you must be a fucktard to not realize this in the first place, and you call yourself a brake expert, my ass!
Then he asked let’s go for another test drive so we don’t hear anymore noises… A little bit into the test drive I hear it again. This time he’s even more aggressive with the brake, he’s holding the brake down and applying the gas… He said doing this will brake in faster and I started smelling the burning smell from the brakes; I wish he could get it over with faster… Now there’s no more noise at least to my knowledge, I drove home… kind of happy.
So I took the morning to work from home just to get this stupid issue done, so as soon as I finish lunch I figure I go to work. As soon I hit the brake a little harder today on my way to work it immediately start squeaking again! HOLY SHIT! I mean, I must be the worst fucking unlucky customer ever to Midas or something, now the driver side of the front brake is squeaking like a fucked up dead donkey.
At this point I was so pissed I couldn’t even think straight, all that’s in my head is to fucking drive my car and ram it straight up that Midas shop. This is definitely no quality service. When driving a new car off the dealer floor do you ever hear your new brake squeak? I don’t think. This level of service is totally unacceptable. I will give my patience 2 more day, and once again, Midas, screw you and the mechanics you hired and go suck some tree roots!