Reply #8: The PX auto care center at Fort Drum did that to one of my guys

[jmowreader]

We THOUGHT we were getting ready to go to Somalia (as it turned out, my company didn't get to go) and one of my troops, who took good care of his car, took it to the on-post auto care center to have the oil changed before deployment. The fuckers drained the oil, left the old filter on and neglected to put the drain plug back in. He made it all the way back to the motor pool (where we stored our cars when we were deployed) before it seized. So the troop, me and one of our mechanics, who had looked under the car for about one second, went back over there... The conversation with the manager was a riot:

Me: "You owe my guy a new car."
Them: "Why?"
Me: "He paid you to change his oil, and you left the drain plug out. Now his car is ruined."
Them: "And how do you know WE did it?"
Me: "Because he has the receipt and..." (pointing at the bench) "his drain plug is right there."

They got him a new car.