[joshua goldin]

My experience with auto mechanics has varied from bad to awful. On the basis of my experience I would say they are ‘crooks’ first and ‘mechanics’ a distant second. Not only have I been lied to and ‘ripped off,’ but I am certain problems were deliberately created on a number of occasions over the years. I have some knowledge about these things and an ‘average’ person would never even begin to suspect some of the things I am virtually certain they do routinely.

Also, it is not just a matter of money. Traffic accidents are a major source of death and injury in our society, and I am virtually certain that crooked or incompetent mechanics and garage owners are partially responsible for some of the bloodshed and suffering associated with traffic accidents.

However, auto mechanics are merely part of a corrupt and heartless system. I know a woman who had an expensive car that tended to die in traffic. The dealer and some other mechanic could not find the problem, and the dealer gave her a very good deal if she would buy another car. She decided to have a relative sell the car for her without telling the buyer the reason the car was being sold. I said to her: “You are afraid to drive this car and yet you plan to sell it to an unsuspecting stranger? What if the buyer has an accident and loses his life because he is unaware of the problem?” Her answer? “Tough.”

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Name : joshua goldin, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Humanist, Age : 60+, City : College Park, State : MD, Country : United States, Occupation : teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

[joshua goldin]

I recently read a story in the paper where a supervisor who was forced to take a sensitivity class reprimanded a worker for describing his previous job as ‘slave labor’ saying that this was offensive to afro-americans. The lone afro-american worker present was upset because she assumed that she would be blamed for the reprimand and wrote a letter to an advice column as to what she should do. It seems to me that everyone involved is not ‘on the up and up’, they are all playing games. The supervisor was angry at having to take the class and decided to retaliate at the afro-american worker whom she obviously blamed for having to take the class. The person making the comment may have been in on the ‘joke’. The worker who wrote the letter can probably sense the hostility and is asking for help. I feel that the afro-american worker should have completely ingnored the situation or treated it as a silly ‘joke’. She should also note that this type of sensitivity training only makes matters worse when the people involved are not of good will. In fact, I believe that the supervisor and most of the workers are very ‘sensitive’ in a negative sort of way. They know what ‘hurts’ and are using this knowledge as a weapons system. This I believe is a common occurrance. Many people believe that the ability to hurt people ‘accidentaly’ is a very valuable social skill that they are not about to give up. Some people also seem to believe that the opportunity to hurt people with impunity is a mark of streght and superiority.

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Name : joshua goldin, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Humanist, Age : 60+, City : College Park, State : MD, Country : United States, Occupation : teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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