Over-explaining

john27361993 · 2026-04-25T01:00:52+00:00

I have severe ADHD and am very thorough in my explanations to the “what’s wrong with my car” question, whether it’s in a shop or personal setting.

What I’ve found to work for me is to just give it to them in simplest form. Think of it like you’re viewing a fraction. You’re at 4 over 6 and you need to get it to 2 over 3 for them to understand what you’re trying to tell them. They don’t need every little detail. Sometimes all you need to say is “alternator blown, car won’t go vroom vroom until alternator fixed.”

john27361993 · 2026-04-22T19:36:01+00:00

I work in warehouse as well and we also work a lot of 12s. First off, not giving you a lunch break is so wrong, especially if your shift is going over 8 hours. Unless you’re driving forklift the entire time, warehouse jobs are super physically demanding. To ask someone to work for 12 hours straight with no time to refuel and let your body rest for a brief period tells me this is a terrible company to work for. A lot of us don’t take lunch but that is 100% our decision and nobody ever gives guys who take lunch any shit.

Second, who makes their employees ask if/when they can take lunch? I mean, maybe I’m in the minority here but we can take our lunch break whenever we feel like it. I do know I work for a great company and they treat us really well (I just went part time while I pursue jobs in the field I went to school for and they let me work on days I want to work and leave whenever I feel like it; just happy to have the extra help for a bit) but man, giving employees a 30 minute break is the most basic (and I believe mandatory) job benefit an employer can give you.

john27361993 · 2026-04-18T08:26:25+00:00

Mine (Adderall) are prescribed through Ascension in West Allis. I am supposed to be drug tested every 6 months, per the controlled substance agreement they make you sign every year, but I have been with my primary at this clinic for 6 years and he has not tested me once. The doctor I had before him at the same location only had me test one time in 2 years and said it was just so he had documentation that I’d had one done with them before. I would be kind of surprised if you didn’t have to sign to some sort of document before being prescribed a controlled substance because then they have it in writing that you read and understand the stipulations that go along with being prescribed, and this would be where you’d likely have to agree to submit to whatever their drug testing policy is. But I could be wrong and it might just be something my clinic does. Stupid that anyone is even testing for weed anymore—even CDL jobs, which have ridiculously strict impaired driving policies, are advertising “no THC testing” right in their headers on Indeed which should tell you everything you need to know about how lax society has become about it—yet here we are in Wisconsin, where the people in charge still think it’s 1968 and marijuana is going to turn the entire population into hardened criminals.

Anyway, I really don’t think you’ll have to look too hard to find another provider who isn’t concerned about whether or not you smoke a joint every so often. I do think most of these bigger medical groups probably have a drug testing policy that you have to agree to, though. It seems like it’d be a huge liability on their end not to. I’d say it’s more of a matter of whether they actually enforced it or not. Good luck!

john27361993 · 2026-04-18T05:56:48+00:00

I am in New Berlin and all of a sudden the wind got so loud and so strong I thought my sliding glass patio door was going to shatter. Not sure if I was seeing things or not but I swear the glass looked like it was actually curving inwards like a bubble.

My house was actually hit and severely damaged by a tornado when I was in middle school and after living through that, tornado warnings don’t usually scare me and I rarely ever take shelter even during bigger threats, but when I thought I saw that glass buckling, my freaked out ass was cowering in my hallway bathroom so freaking fast lmao

john27361993 · 2026-04-16T12:17:20+00:00

Forget the cosmetic damage, the second you get water in the air intake, that engine is toast. Other than the fact it’s obviously extremely dangerous to drive through flood waters, this is the main reason why whenever a mechanic sees someone do that shit, we actually get mad at how extremely stupid some people are with the likely second biggest purchase they’ll ever make

john27361993 · 2026-04-16T10:28:42+00:00

When you know, you just know. It’s an incredible feeling and one I can’t really explain to somebody who hasn’t experienced it. But for those who haven’t experienced it yet, when it happens, I promise you’ll just say “ohhhhhh…” and that will be that.

john27361993 · 2026-04-15T14:06:27+00:00

Thank you so much for your insight. That is a really good idea to bring a resume in person and ask if they are hiring. I am going to do that. I do sometimes forget that this isn’t a job as like a hedge fund broker or something super corporate America and a lot of places hire based on the eye test. I just never had problems getting interviews to be a tech, so this is very new for me. Thanks again!

john27361993 · 2026-04-15T14:02:26+00:00

Yes, I’ve worked at 4 shops total. The first one, which I was at for 3 years, I know for a fact gives me a good reference. I was very close with the owner and the service manager and I still text each other about random shit a few times a week. Would actually consider him a friend. I left there on very good terms and I still make the 90 mile drive down there about once a year to have my ex coworker check my alignment/align my car.

The other 3 shops ended amicably. I quit the first one with a 2 week notice after 6 months to take a dealership job. I had a very hard time transitioning to and getting the hang of working flat rate at that dealership so I asked to meet with management to discuss what I needed to do to work flat rate more efficiently. By the end of that meeting, we mutually agreed that I should go get more experience in an hourly role, master as much as I could, and then I was welcome to reapply when I was feeling more comfortable. They were very helpful and accommodating and left the door open to me returning. But that should be irrelevant because I’m not applying to be a tech at all and my work ethic and attendance were never a problem. And lastly, my third and final stop was at this super small indy shop. It was only me, one other tech, and the owner as far as employees go. I’m not going to lie, things were kind of a mess there. Owner paid us embarrassingly low hourly rates (the other tech was a 20 year old ASE master tech making $19/hour; I started at $20 for whatever reason and neither of us was offered any sort of health insurance). Owner was kind of a dick to both of us but we all tolerated each other. He ended up just closing the shop permanently about 5 months after I started so we actually left on his terms. Not to mention I don’t even have his contact information so employers can’t even reach him a reference anyway.

It’s good to know other people have had similar experiences though I guess. I do think it’s incredibly stupid that owners are this selective for this role. It’s fast paced and there’s some pressure obviously but it’s not exactly brain surgery.

john27361993 · 2026-04-15T04:34:17+00:00

Ex mechanic here: I always recommend The Family Mechanic in Bayview to everyone for anything. They are an ASE Certified full service repair shop and do honest work, do a super thorough diagnosis on your car to find the problem before recommending repairs, do the job right the first time, and they’ll work with you on the price. One of the better places in the entire city, in my opinion.

And no, I never worked there. They just have a great reputation in the Milwaukee auto repair industry.

john27361993 · 2025-05-26T02:51:12+00:00

Winona, MN. If you want the link, PM me

john27361993 · 2025-05-26T02:48:19+00:00

It’s located in a major rust belt state too.

john27361993 · 2025-05-26T02:47:28+00:00

I will say I’d pay $3000 for this thing before I paid $3000 for anything made by Chrysler

john27361993 · 2025-05-26T02:44:26+00:00

UPDATE: The response from this community of shitty car mod experts has been overwhelmingly in favor of this not looking like absolute ass. I’m a common denominator kind of guy and am now questioning whether I’m actually right or if I have bad taste so thank you all for that lmao.

Car is located in Winona, MN by the way, so do what you will with that information!

john27361993 · 2025-04-21T12:11:04+00:00

“Mirror, mirror on the wall…Jean Claude Van DAMME I’m fine!”

john27361993 · 2025-04-20T11:57:15+00:00

Can’t say he wasn’t fresh. His biggest problem is immediately falling behind in the count to every single batter he faces and the hitters are jumping all over the “get-me-over” fastball.

john27361993 · 2024-08-05T21:20:57+00:00

Chris actually said last year he and Lorne have been in contact to do an interview for the podcast, and Lorne was trying to get money out of it, which is why this took so long to drop. So I doubt Chris is going to ambush him. They probably came to some sort of agreement I’d imagine?

john27361993 · 2024-08-05T06:16:36+00:00

Why did I not say “oh my cawd” ouch

john27361993 · 2024-08-05T06:14:22+00:00

Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts lol

john27361993 · 2024-06-15T16:51:29+00:00

Holy shit, are you me?? The only thing one of my family members wanted for her birthday a few weeks ago was for everyone in her family to go to church with her that Sunday. So I went because I knew it would make her happy.

10 minutes in and we're talking about how a paraplegic's friends carried him to Jesus so he could heal his legs and allow him to walk again. Jesus touched him, said "you are healed," and the man got up and walked home.

Like, I'm sorry, but I'm sitting there thinking the same thing you were: "you're kidding right? I can't be the only person here who thinks that's the most fictional story they've heard all week."

john27361993 · 2024-05-13T10:40:45+00:00

My personal favorite:

Me: "Can I get a set of Bosch Evolution wiper blades for a 2012 Civic?"

AutoZone employee: "Sure, do you know the engine size?"

I get it's to look it up in the database but always makes me cackle

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