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Serious question. I only have the one car. I know there are people with more money than sense that have more cars than they can actually drive at a time, and that there are couples who may or may not be able to drive their SO to the mechanic. But how can they _assumef that I can even afford a cab, well Uber these days, when I'm about to have them hundreds of dollars getting my busted-ass, POS car fixed?

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[–] wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

I feel like this would vary by shop. There's an automotive shop with a relatively small waiting room, because they are less than a block from a ~2 mile long road of shops. Very walkable, just ever so slightly uphill. You can usually walk and find a number of stores to window shop at before heading back.

There's another automotive shop a bit aways from my house. It's on a mostly solitary street, a few miles away from any shops, and is not an area you would want to be walking in. They have a fairly large waiting room.

But I think they all say you're free to to do as you please because there's not really anything for you to do for the next 2 to 48+ hours, depending on what you're getting done.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do they assume that? I have an appointment scheduled tomorrow and plan to wait in their lobby.

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[–] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My shop has a big lounge where you can wait until your car is ready. You can get coffee, tea or water. There is free wifi and I have seen people who brought their laptop to work there. You get a pager to let you know when your car is ready. If you don't stay in the lounge, they send you a text instead.

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