Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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Another "Not Me but a colleague"Because I never make any mistakes.
I was working in a Toyota dealership, performing a full service on a Supra Turbo. Car up on ramp as I replace the brakes.
Cue the Parts dept. deputy who thinks he's a mechanic. He takes a mighty prod at a rust patch on the front wing, and puts his finger through the hole.
Cue new wing, paint job all on the company expense form.
Story 2
Our valeter decided to have a week off. The owner decided to hire two temps to fill in for him. At the same time, the Jag XJ12 that had been sitting on the forecourt is bought. The valeters clean it, polish it and make it all lovely.
Then one of them reverses it, at speed, into the gatepost. Bye bye bumper, bye bye rear panel, bye bye boot. Hello expensive repairs. IIRC the bumper (chromed) alone was about 700 quid
(, Tue 30 Oct 2007, 11:53, Reply)
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