Originally Posted by
mcc
Not true. I take pride in my work, and I love making people`s cars look good. Are they swirl free or do they reach so-called "autopian standards"? No. However, my customers are thrilled. I take pride in taking that daily driver and making it look as good as reasonably expected. I take pride in running a profitable business. I take pride in happy customers. If I spent all day making the car look perfect, 99.9% of my customers wouldn`t even notice. I would feel stupid spending the time for perfection that went completely unnoticed, and unpaid for, as this is a business, not something I do for fun or to satisfy some inner need to make someone else`s property look perfect.
Oh, and I do feel as though I give it my all. I don`t have the skills to take things as far as many of you do, but I work my tail off for what I do, and for the money I make. At the end of a day`s work, I feel good because I worked hard to make a vehicle look reasonably good and made someone happy, giving my all to the abilities that I currently possess. What would really be self-defeating would be working for hours on end to make a car look perfect, only to realize that the person doesn`t even notice and will just turn around and trash it again in a couple of weeks, as it is their DD.
Oh, and I may not live up to many standards of work, yet I`ve done many Porsche`s, a Ferrari, many BMW`s, Mercedes, etc. Why do those people let me touch their car? Because they aren`t willing to pay $300+ for a detail that in their eyes looks the same as the one I do. Most people around here just don`t care or probably even realize the swirls and scratches on their vehicles. If they do, they don`t care enough to have them taken care of. Right now I have 17 vehicles waiting to be done, as the rains here have gotten me behind. I take pictures of the details that I do to show the pride I take in my work, and I`ll have pictures of those too. No, I won`t put them on the C&B section here, or necessarily even up on my website, but I like to look at the job I`ve done and take pride in it, though not perfection. As a recovering perfectionist, I`m learning that it is okay to be really good (or even bad at some things in life), though not perfect.
I love to play basketball, yet I`ll never be Michael Jordan with his skills and athleticism, yet I play for the love of the game and the fun of playing. I even take pride in the skills I have. Could I go to the gym 24/7 and get out on the court constantly to make myself better? Sure I could. However, that doesn`t mean I don`t take pride and enjoy what I do on the court now. Could I be a better detailer? With practice and some extra training and tools, sure I could. However, that doesn`t mean I don`t have fun and take pride in what I do now. If perfection was the goal in everything in life, it wouldn`t be much fun because we all fall short.
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