Originally Posted by Ramona_W

If I end up in charge of the people assembling them, you can be damned sure they'll be done right. I had a volunteer in the shop about a month ago who was working on a bike for a homeless friend of his and he said "We don't need to put brakes on because he's just gonna take them off." I said "Yeah. We're making sure he has working brakes." A little while later he said "No, really. There's no point in even putting brakes on. He's gonna take them off as soon as he gets the bike." I said "But it's going to start out with brakes." He tried it one more time and I said "Dude. I don't care if he takes the brakes off as soon as the bike goes through the door to the parking lot and he borrows a wrench from us to do it. No bike is leaving my shop unless it's safe to ride and that includes brakes. Now, you can help me adjust these and finish up the bike or I can find something else for you to do." And what do you know? The homeless friend actually decided he liked being able to stop and he kept the brakes on. I told them this story at my interview on Monday and I said "Some things I just don't compromise on. Safety is one of them." So, they know what they're getting into by hiring me. Technically though I guess it's really Lester's bike shop not mine. I just kind of forget that sometimes when I'm cracking the whip.