Finally back from Navy (2 week) Active Duty

[Jack_Tar]

Well Guys,
This has been one heck of an experience. I go away for two weeks to do my active duty time for the Navy Reserve. While I am gone, the guy I left in charge of my shop decides to not do anything and has the other guys, and girl, in the shop doing either jobs off the books and he pocketed the money or has them doing stuff that is in no way profitable to the shop. As soon as he is challenged about what has gotten done, he quits, just before I was going to tell him he was fired. As it turns out he is planning on going into business with another guy in town that is a shady mechanic. (Not shade tree but shady) What is up with people today? Is it so hard to find honest people that have a passion for doing this work and are not on some kind of drugs? I am finding that there are so many scammers in this business. I know of a couple of shops, and another that is about to open that give a quote and take 1/2 the money down and never get anything done or disappear. On top of that where do they find customers that are going to drop thousands of dollars and not see any work done. I don't want 1/2 the money, To be honest I want all of it, but i want it on a weekly installment after my customers see the work that has been done that they are being billed for.

Sorry for the rant guys. I thought this might be a good place to vent since everyone here are car guys might understand.