today i reluctantly took my magnum to get the oil changed.

the last time or two i have gone they raised the prices and there is new managment.

so today i showed up at 2:40 and there was nobody there to direct me in. so i went in and the manager tells me that they close at 3. i say and it is 240. she acts like she doesnt believe me.

so she acts like she is doing me a big favor and says ok i will to your oil.

so i pull the car in and this other fellow says that i can wait in the lobby. i ignore him and so pretty soon he says it again. i say if i can't watch i will go someplace else. so he says ok, then leaves. pretty soon he asks me where did you work? i say what do you mean? he says where do you work. i say i am an architect. then i say "about 15 years ago a guy at a place like this told me my car was done and it didn't have any oil in it". he says oh, that isn't good.

the gal goes under the car and starts draining it. complaining about the plastic pan under the engine. then she says the one of the fasteners is missing, and i say the last time it was off was right here. she says ok....like as if what difference does that mean.

pretty soon the guy comes back in and says that there are three cars waiting for a change and she complains loudly. so he goes out and tells them to go away. it is 245 now.

so finally she gets it all done and buttoned up and i go to pay.

so it cost me $66 for six quarts of mobil 1 10 w 30 and a filter. for that kind of money i will do my own.

and nobody will complain about me watching.

that place won't be in business much longer.

tom w

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