the gimp
At the moment i have been lumbered with a hopeless 17 year old as an "assistant" atcually hes the bosses nephew although it would never be admitted in public. Technicaly he is on work experience with us so this counts.

To set the scene i work in a car dealership where they sell something that sounds similar to the French word for lemon.


His first day started badly when without asking he changed my radio station , there are certain things you just dont do.


Day 2 . I asked him to scrape a sticker off the back windscreen of a car and handed him a brand new single edged razor blade still in its cardboard sleeve. I go off to do something else 5 mins later i return thinking he must be done but no he is holding on to the cardboard and trying to use the protected edge to remove the sticker. His excuse "you didnt tell me to take the cardboard off". Next i asked him to reinstall a seat in a car that had been to our auto trimmers , as i had removed the seat the day prior the tools were still in it a screwdriver and a ratchet. I told him all the tools you need are in the back so he sets off . It should have of been a 10min job he too 45. It may have been quicker but the gimp spent 25 min trying to tighten the bolts with the ratchet set the wrong way (remember i had taken them out) He couldnt work out why they wouldnt tighten so he just sat there doing more of the same .


I cant even trust the gimp with a hose and chamois to wash the cars in the morning....... no really iv lost count of the number of ways thats been screwed up. Last week he forgot how to operate a tap . Its not hard turn it one way and water comes out , turn it the other and it stops. Most of us master this at about 3 and a half years and dont forget it.


this monday he had a battle of whitts with the hose and lost. It must be painful to go through life this stupid . Just today i sent the twit down to our mechanics for a long stand. he went after asking 3 times for directions there . Its only around the corner and over a set of lights ,honestly i ask you. The strange thing is that when he got back the lad was none the wiser as to what had transpired.

It goes without saying that under no circumstances is he allowed to drive any of the cars.
There are many more things i could tell you about but i thing this is a top sample of his boneheaded behaviour . Wouldnt even make the grade as a supermarket trolly collector.




First posting please be gentle with the size
(welgar, Wed 16 May 2007, 9:31, Reply)