Reply To: Garage owners left to weigh up pros and cons of staying open

[simon bailey]

Garages are staying open to get as much money in as possible this has nothing to do with working on key workers vehicles, face it this is just an excuse to stay open. over the last week we have probably worked on 2 cars related to nhs workers. the majority are people who are supposed to be staying indoors. do you class someone leaving there house to get a wiper blade fitted an essential journey or repair ??? or a puncture the guy stating he needs his vehicle to go back and forth to hospital to have chemotherapy after they said on the news that they are halting the treatment for patients ??? diagnostics because all of a sudden the eml has come on ???. when is this line going to get drawn. is it going to take the death of people they work with before they realise how serious this is. mechanics get a low wage as it is. ive just saw the dvsa covid 19 precautions for mots what a complete joke theres no mention to safety of the mot tester at all. it just shows how much mechanics/mot testers are undervalued in this type of situation, come on guys seriously how much do you value your employees !!!!!