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‘Tisn’t Easy Being A Service Manager

If you think service managers at local car dealerships have an easy time during a down economy, you should think again. Consider my buddy Jerry Kelly of Robideaux Motors -- one of the truly nice guys in the car service biz. Jerry can take guff with the best of them. But a cuss-tomer from Rathdrum was more than even Jerry could handle Tuesday. Seems the guy slid into a snow bank at a low speed, wrecking his bumper on a vehicle he bought from another dealer -- and he wanted Robideaux to make it good. It wasn't under warranty. But that didn't matter to the cuss-tomer. He was so belligerent, Jerry says, that he tried to turn the cuss-tomer over to a higher up. Once Jerry and the cuss-tomer reached the higher-ups office, all hell broke loose. Jerry reports that the guy head butted him and then hit him in the face, splitting his inner lip. Adding insult to injury, Jerry tells Huckleberries, CPD Blue was called, took a report, but didn't arrest the guy. Jerry said he even called Police Chief Wayne Longo re: the matter. Stay tuned.

Question: Have you ever been punched in the face?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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