Vent: That one Thursday where everything that could go wrong did

Last week I had a day that honestly made me question if I was cursed. I started on a 2015 Silverado door panel replacement, easy job right? But the clips were all rusted and three of them snapped off inside the door frame. Then I moved to a rear bumper cover on a Civic, and the paint match was way off even though the code was right. The customer was already walking the lot looking pissed by 10 AM. To top it off, my air compressor blew a seal right as I was about to spray primer on a fender. I lost almost 4 hours total just dealing with broken parts and waiting on the compressor to cool down. By 4 PM I had only finished one job, and my bay looked like a tornado hit it. Has anyone else had a day where the simple stuff just fights you nonstop?

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hannahcraig2d ago

The clipped snapped off inside that door frame is the kind of thing that makes you want to just walk away and come back tomorrow. I swear those plastic clips were designed by satan himself to fail at the worst possible moment.

mark_chen622d ago

Hannahcraig, any chance there's a magnet trick that works for this?

quinnm772d ago

Designed by satan himself" - man, I felt that in my bones reading it. Those plastic clips are the absolute worst, I swear they're made out of recycled toothpicks or something. A buddy of mine had a similar thing happen on a Toyota door panel last month, and he ended up having to drill out the broken clip stubs and use those little metal clip retainers instead. Took him an extra hour and a half just to get the door card back on. Rusted clips in a Silverado though, that's a special kind of nightmare. I'm honestly surprised you didn't just set the truck on fire and walk away.