It Always Happens This Way!

So some of you may, after reading the following, think I came up with this little tale as entertaining filler and nothing like this could happen in such a fashion with such impeccable timing, but I assure you what you are bout to read happened!
 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent!
The only thing I don't like about this vocation (actually hate it!) is having to impound someones bike.  Not sure if that's the right word, but basically when someone brings a bike in here for repairs we perform them on good faith.  99.9% of folks come in and pick up their rides in a respectable amount of time (some with more cajoling then others) but there is that .01%.  At times someone will bring in a bike with what we assume is good intentions, but for reason unknown to us they never return to retrieve it.  And regardless of phone calls or messages (sometime disconnected numbers) they don't return.  Well posted on our walls is spelled out our terms of service and one such term is any bike left after thirty days becomes our property.  Though in most cases if space allows we stretch that time.  About a month and a half ago a customer brought in an older bike for a bearing repack and two tubes.  The job was done later that afternoon but when I called I got an answering machine.  Three days later I called and was disheartened to receive a disconnected number message.  Now seeing as I myself have made the unfortunate mistake of forgetting to pay my cell bill on time I figured I 'd wait a few days and try again.  No luck.  Right up until yesterday I was still getting the same message, so with great reluctance as we were cleaning and reorganizing the "Pit" we decided to claim the left over.  Now as this particular bike was nothing special and in need of a lot more work to make it sellable, in order to recoup our repair expenses I opted to tear it down for parts.  If nothing else but to claim the parts we DID install.  So with minimal fanfare she was set in the rack and within a scant few minutes reduced to her composite components (at least the salvageable ones).  Now as our scrap guy Terry is off on vacation we have been storing our scrap in the outside bin so I stepped outside with  the semi picked clean carcass and tossed it on the pile then as I was stepping back into the shop who should be walking through the front door?  YEP!  You guessed it!  Fate and Cosmos with their extremely sardonic sense of irony had chosen to send her on THAT day at THAT time to come in and pick up her long since forgotten bicycle!
ARRRGH!
Of course at this point I had to simultaneously inform her of the unfortunate decision we were forced to make and reassure her that we would reassemble her bike for her.  Then incredulously was subjected to a diatribe of "Why did you's?" She apparently could not understand why we didn't get in touch with her not taking into consideration that when she had her previous phone disconnected she got a different phone with a different number and failed to inform us.
Sheesh!
ANYWAY!
Was a whirlwind of a hullaballo yesterday with a multitude of repairs (thank you very much!) and also managed to put out three new goodies!  And what gems!  Got in ANOTHER recumbent!  WOW!  This one is in TOP shape and complete with travel bags and a sweet shammy back rest!  ALSO picked up and promptly sold a 2011 Fuji Crosstown Hybrid!  That one lasted less then an hour!  So it's back to work today on even more sweets with a "DAILY BANGER SPECIAL"! half done and hanging in my rack!  So without further adieu we are back at it!  See ya soon!

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