Hi there,
there is this strange feeling I get when my car stopped me halfway to my destination in the middle of traffic or nowhere, and I coud tell lot of you have been through the same lane of frustration & you wonder, what happens that within the chunk of population of cars and people passing, not one of them is a mechanic?

The answer is, there are mechanics among them, but it's only outskirts that you could get those but in abuja city, motorists are terrible, I have once upon a time to do some road rescue mobile mechanic, with most necessary tools and parts in my trunk, when I met people who are stranded, & each time i get close to ask, I get these, I have my mechanic, another is a suspicious look like fishing something different from my primary care & intent, most of them are mostly desperately looking for a towing van if their mechanic can't come around,

and the worst of all on my part is where I get to put the prospect emotional state at the forefront while my interest comes second, but i always get hit by these decisions becouse at last, the motorists who is attempting to get a towing van that will cost between 10k to 20k depending on the distance, gets his or her back to order by me, but now comes the terrible act which is how they left me feeling,

Which is, please manage this N500 or N1k i didn't budget for this, & this Knicks me out, cos he or she was desperately trying to get a towing van to tow it off to a safe location, at least 10k but after fixing the car, I get that piece of shit saying manage this N500 i don't have much here or i don't budget for this.

And I could relate this to be the reason why if a mechanic sees you and your car in bad shape in the middle of the road he will not even get closer.

To Nigerian mechanics who has faced this similar situation, I don't implore you to stop, but to continue with a change of your attitude, you don't let your good heart get ruined by another bad one, instead change your mindset,

Like take your time to put your job first in the road rescue situation, observe the problem, then give the motorist a cost, agree on a fixed amount before doing the job,

The one i did last night on 10th july 2020 was stucked in the middle of the road creating traffic situations, i got the car started up and she fold the two papers and tell me i don't have much on me lets share, i thought it's 2k but reaching home, hmmm bro it's N400

I know if her mechanic get to come out that odd hour, the cost will double the normal charge as for off garage it will be 3 times. But this is the last thank you note any good mechanics wanna try, there are chances of damaging your expensive scanner cos you want to get it fixed asap which will create a bypass of safety measures to catalyze the diagnosis & fixing speed.

I don't know about all you, but every good service have is not free, nothing is free as important as where you are going so his.

there's this mentality of entitlement with nigerians.they expect everyone to be their brothers keepers hence the situation you found yourself.im not a mechanic,but I have fair knowledge of how vehicle works. when I stop to offer assistance,it's for free.your thank you is a enough for me because we never negotiated anything in the first place.
I've had my car jump started with 1k before by a fellow driver.it was agreed upon before he jumpstarted the car.fair enough,but I won't because of that start charging everyone who needs my help for a jump-start. it's always been pro bono.
so next time sir,let the stranded driver know you're a mechanic (unless you're ashamed of your profession) and negotiate your price and terms before providing your services.

Some men are deceitful, cunning and lack mind of appreciation. Nevertheless, I love helping people in my own capacity.

Generally, Engineering is underpriced and underestimated in Nigeria.

Legendforte:
Some men are deceitful, cunning and lack mind of appreciation.
Nevertheless, I love helping people in my own capacity.

It's just men women are more

EngRichie:
Generally, Engineering is underpriced and underestimated in Nigeria.

Thats true

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Well thank you is not enough, you might know a lot but of you have invested enough, you will expect a reasonable amount of money to risking your equipment trying to save someone for thank you sake, you might get rubbed trying to help,

Mostly in the night at odd hours. Bro it's not worth the high rist by putting your life in danger.

Not withstanding that most of them will take you for a job hunter or a quark tech.

mrcoolautofix:
Hi there,
there is this strange feeling I get when my car stopped me halfway to my destination in the middle of traffic or nowhere, and I coud tell lot of you have been through the same lane of frustration & you wonder, what happens that within the chunk of population of cars and people passing, not one of them is a mechanic?

The answer is, there are mechanics among them, but it's only outskirts that you could get those but in abuja city, motorists are terrible, I have once upon a time to do some road rescue mobile mechanic, with most necessary tools and parts in my trunk, when I met people who are stranded, & each time i get close to ask, I get these, I have my mechanic, another is a suspicious look like fishing something different from my primary care & intent, most of them are mostly desperately looking for a towing van if their mechanic can't come around,

and the worst of all on my part is where I get to put the prospect emotional state at the forefront while my interest comes second, but i always get hit by these decisions becouse at last, the motorists who is attempting to get a towing van that will cost between 10k to 20k depending on the distance, gets his or her back to order by me, but now comes the terrible act which is how they left me feeling,

Which is, please manage this N500 or N1k i didn't budget for this, & this Knicks me out, cos he or she was desperately trying to get a towing van to tow it off to a safe location, at least 10k but after fixing the car, I get that piece of shit saying manage this N500 i don't have much here or i don't budget for this.

And I could relate this to be the reason why if a mechanic sees you and your car in bad shape in the middle of the road he will not even get closer.

To Nigerian mechanics who has faced this similar situation, I don't implore you to stop, but to continue with a change of your attitude, you don't let your good heart get ruined by another bad one, instead change your mindset,

Like take your time to put your job first in the road rescue situation, observe the problem, then give the motorist a cost, agree on a fixed amount before doing the job,

The one i did last night on 10th july 2020 was stucked in the middle of the road creating traffic situations, i got the car started up and she fold the two papers and tell me i don't have much on me lets share, i thought it's 2k but reaching home, hmmm bro it's N400

I know if her mechanic get to come out that odd hour, the cost will double the normal charge as for off garage it will be 3 times. But this is the last thank you note any good mechanics wanna try, there are chances of damaging your expensive scanner cos you want to get it fixed asap which will create a bypass of safety measures to catalyze the diagnosis & fixing speed.

I don't know about all you, but every good service have is not free, nothing is free as important as where you are going so his.

I have learnt a valuable lesson today!

portplus:


I have learnt a valuable lesson today!

Look if you are stranded & a mechanic took his time to stop to rescue you out of your situation. I you failed to encourage him, by complementing his effort with financial thanks,

you are discouraging others to help you or anyone next time, I don't care what anyone thinks about this,

I couldn't understand a single thing.

HeavenlyBang:
I couldn't understand a single thing.

Your parents truly wasted their money sending you to school, if they would have sent you to almajeri you would have be more profitable atleast you don't need english.

mrcoolautofix:


Your parents truly wasted their money sending you to school, if they would have sent you to almajeri you would have be more profitable atleast you don't need english.

Eh, I doubt that.

HeavenlyBang:


Eh, I doubt that.

If a clown knows he is insane, he is not fit for a clown.

Ironic.

HeavenlyBang:
Ironic.

.

Good will is not rewarding in Nigeria.

Have you ever helped a badly injured accident victim that died before you reached the hospital?

Let's not even go there

HeavenlyBang:
I couldn't understand a single thing.

cut him some slack. Maybe English is not his first language

Entitlement. Wetin

One thing I've learnt while dealing with Nigerians is that unless you are planning to work for free, you have to make your price known before starting the work.

Darkseid:
One thing I've learnt while dealing with Nigerians is that unless you are planning to work for free, you have to make your price known before starting the work.

That's 100% truth but we have to change that parception

legionISproteus:
Good will is not rewarding in Nigeria.

Have you ever helped a badly injured accident victim that died before you reached the hospital?

Let's not even go there


cut him some slack. Maybe English is not his first language

Chop off his brain someone have straw inside it