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Vent: That customer who watched me sand for 20 minutes straight
Had a guy last Tuesday at my shop in Austin park his lifted F-150 and just stand there... arms crossed, staring at me while I was blocking out a fender. He goes 'you know my cousin can do that in half the time with a DA'. I asked him how his cousin handles feathering edges on a metallic silver and he just shrugged. I've been doing body work for 14 years and I'm still trying to figure out if customers like that are trying to help or just bored. Anyone else get people hovering while you work? How do you handle it without being rude?
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parker18327d ago
...and then they wonder why their paint job looks like garbage a year later, right? I've noticed this same thing happening everywhere, not just in body shops. People watch you do something manual for a few minutes and assume they know the whole process because they've seen a YouTube video or their buddy claims to be faster. It's like the whole world has forgotten that experience and attention to detail actually matter, not just speed. I bet the same guy who stands over you at the body shop also tells restaurant cooks how to season a steak and explains to mechanics how to change oil. Everyone thinks they're an expert now because they read one forum post or watched a 30 second clip, but they don't understand the real trade secrets like feathering or wet sanding.
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blair_webb27d ago
Preach, it's exhausting how everyone's a critic with zero skin in the game.
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adamthompson27d ago
wait, people actually try to tell cooks how to season steak? @parker183 that's wild
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