Maxims to live your life by

[FishFright]

First time you mayke a mistake - that was unfortunate
Second time you make same mistake - that was careless
Third time you make same mistake - close the door as you leave.

I think we've all worked somewhere like that, briefly.

 

[Slick]

Unfortunately a lot of people learned in school and at work that making mistakes is bad and/or makes them less intelligent, but it's a part of learning, in fact according to some theories we were taught, it's essential to the learning process. Getting people to take this on board can make a big difference to how they see themselves and how they approach learning.

Show me a man who has never made a mistake, and I'll show you a man who has never made anything.

 

[Drago]

Never a borrower or lender be, unless you're in banking.

 

[gbb]

The tale is too long to go into here, but basically my beef is threefold:

The general unreliability of the thing (check engine light on four times in three years of ownership; I had a Renault Grand Scenic previously, which was faultless)

The incompetence of the service staff at MB, who it seems couldn't find their arse with both hands

The ridiculous prices you have to pay for such inept service (e.g £220 "investigation fee" every time that light comes on, £220 for an air intake hose, not including fitting... My mate had an old Saab and to change the air intake hose on that is £15 for the part, and you can do it yourself in half an hour).

I'm sure Mercs were great... Once.

Reminds me, early 2000s, managing director of a company that supplied us had a brand new ML, can't remember the exact model. Several months of non stop problems and dealership visits, frustration after frustration, he demanded they take it back and got a high spec people carrier, Peugeot i think. He said it was twice the car the Merc was and took great delight in telling them that at the Mercedes dealership.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Reminds me, early 2000s, managing director of a company that supplied us had a brand new ML, can't remember the exact model. Several months of non stop problems and dealership visits, frustration after frustration, he demanded they take it back and got a high spec people carrier, Peugeot i think. He said it was twice the car the Merc was and took great delight in telling them that at the Mercedes dealership.

Was he the managing director of a taxi? A people carrier certainly would be twice the taxi.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Show me a man who has never made a mistake, and I'll show you a man who has never made anything.

Or a person who is very good at covering up their mistakes and/or unloading the blame onto other people

 

[Slick]

Or a person who is very good at covering up their mistakes and/or unloading the blame onto other people

How negative do you or your experiences need to be, to get that from what I posted?

 

[Retyred.life]

Ride. Eat. Sleep. Repeat

 

[Punkawallah]

Wot ‘e said.

 

[Drago]

Never speak evil of anyone, unless they work for Scottish Power.

 

[Jameshow]

Better the boss you know than the boss you don't.

You don't miss something until you cain't do it.

The grass is greener on the other side until you find it's astro turf!

 

[Andy in Germany]

"Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is that you made stupid decisions and thought there wouldn't be consequences."

 

[gbb]

How negative do you or your experiences need to be, to get that from what I posted?

Maybe someone who just sees life as it is perhaps. I've k own plenty of people who wing it through life, never their fault when it goes wrong....

 

[gbb]

Or in management buzz-speak, "We don't have problems, we have opportunities".

Similar to ours....don't come to the meeting with problems, come with solutions.

 

[gbb]

One I really did used to try to follow when I was cycling...
Don't go out on the bike at schools out. The roads are full of parents who sem oblivious to anyone's safety except their precious child in the back.