KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT
An impoverished student is praising the services of a windscreen repair business today after managing to load up on a free feed whilst waiting for a new windscreen.
After taking the backroad from Winton down to Betoota over the weekend, local arts student Andy Kensington was left fuming when the windscreen of his beloved Mitsubishi Magna copped a rogue bit of scrap metal courtesy of some muppet who didn’t secure his load properly.
Faced with the prospect of having to look through a windshield that resembles a spider’s web, Andy reluctantly booked his car into a O’Dwyer Jane Windscreens, the biggest auto-glass repair business in town.
Lamenting all week at being quoted $600 for a replacement windshield, Andy was thrilled to uncover a silver lining to the whole ordeal, when he found out the big auto-shop offsets its ludicrous prices with a buffet of free snacks, coffee and treats.
After handing over the keys to his car, Andy was pointed in the direction of the waiting area by the gruff receptionist, who muttered something along the lines of, “It’s all free… just help yourself.”
“Phwoar how good’s this!” Andy squealed, after looking over the little baskets full to the brim with KitKats, hospital bickies and jars of individually wrapped breath mints.
“This must be how it feels to get into the Qantas lounge!”
Knowing full well the swanky couch and pod coffee machine in the waiting lounge probably meant the auto-barn was overcharging him for the new windshield, Andy tells The Advocate he plans to square the ledger by pocketing a few extra treats.
“They’ve quoted me $700 for the windshield which was a bit steep to be honest. So it’s my mission to make back my money from the extra fat they’ve slopped on that invoice.”
“Have you seen the cost of chocolate at the moment? At $9 for a tray of Tim Tams, if I just steal this jar alone I’ll be giving myself a $30 discount.”
More to come.
