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Last month, a regular asked me to hide frame damage for resale
A regular customer brought his truck in after a minor fender bender. He said he'd handle the insurance payout and just needed the cosmetics fixed. Pulling off the bumper showed a bent frame rail. He wanted me to straighten it 'good enough' and paint over it, with no report. I refused, explaining the safety risk. He left, likely to find someone else. This trade has lines you don't cross, and that's one of them. My conscience is clear.
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jessica5407mo ago
Yeah, that reminds me of a contractor friend who had a client ask him to just patch over some major foundation cracks before selling their house. They wanted it to look clean for the walk-through, no permits pulled or anything. He told them flat out that he wouldn't be the reason a family buys a dangerous house, and walked off the job. Some people just don't get that you can't cut corners on stuff that keeps people safe.
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the_logan7mo ago
My buddy's a mechanic and had a guy beg him to bypass an airbag sensor for cheap. Like @jessica540 said, some folks just don't get it, but he shut that down fast.
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noah5177mo ago
That part about cutting corners on safety stuff is everywhere once you start looking. It is not just cars or houses, it is in how things are made, the food we eat, the stuff sold at discount places. The whole idea is to save a buck now and let someone else deal with the problem later. People forget, or just do not care, that the problem later could be a totaled car or a collapsed floor. Choosing a little bit of money over someone's well being is a scary normal way to think now.
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