Aiea, HI ("Pearlridge")
Brought my car in for a full day's worth of stuff that needed looking at! Nail in a tyre, scheduled maintenance, safety check, and needed a diagnostic on our busted A/C. I thought it was going to be a long day solely based on whatever was needed for the A/C, so I scheduled for first thing in the morning at 8AM. We arrive 10 minutes late, but get rolling pretty smoothly! Drop the car off then cross the street to have breakfast with my mother and do some shopping. We return back at noon finished with shopping, and relax in the waiting area until the work is finished. By 1PM, I have realized my grave miscalculation for the day: Mom's patience. Once there are no longer things to do- like eat, go shopping, or take an afternoon nap- there is only Judge Judy to keep us company. I was ready for the car's work to potentially take a couple of days and a return trip. My mother was not. 2:30PM rolls around, and she's so ready to leave she's out looking for the car in the back of the shop. Lesson learned: even if the tyre gets patched up perfectly; the maintenance gets done without trouble; the safety inspection finishes with little trouble; and the A/C is well on its way to being fixed; if a little old lady has to sit and watch Judge Judy for an hour she will not be happy even if the car comes back a Rolls Royce.