The Grendelmobile had a tragedy all of its own with Mrs Grendel and the Junior Grendels. On the Freeway near the river when the storm hit they had no cover from the welter of hailstones and it was a very frightening 10 minutes for them. They limped in to my office and we remained there until the local flooding subsided and we could take my car home from the office leaving the now-dimpled Grendelmobile in the car park.
It is now waiting in line with thousands of other cars for evaluation and repair.
Kudos to RAC for doing a magnificent job over the last few days in getting claims moving as swiftly as possible. Most people have had a few waits on the phone but really to get cars towed and assessed in a week when so many have been damaged is no small undertaking. I hope the company are giving the staff their due recognition for their efforts.In happier news, last night I had the pleasure of sharing the joy of coffee with a group of parents at school fundraiser at Pony Express O. It was fun to be invited and to get to play with big shiny machines and I really enjoyed myself.
One of the great dynamics of coffee in Perth is the willingness of those in the industry to share it with others - and to help out with things like fundraisers.
I'd love to see a lot more cafes running events like this as I think it opens up specialty coffee to an audience that otherwise may not ever get into the city or inner suburbs to try the really great coffee on offer there.
Glad that you're all ok. As you say, cars can be mended. We got some damage at our FLoreat store and lost a bit of stock (Easter stuff of course - sigh), but managed to open again on Tuesday afternoon. But the media HAS to have a feeding frenzy. The West did do a couple of good stories about SES - the Hale of B&H was out with SES most nights this week so its good to see the media acknowledge what they do.
ReplyDeleteWhen Sydney was hit some years back, the insurance companies set themselves up in large car parks. You simply drove in and were assessed on the spot. If it was a write off, they gave you a cheque and you left the car behind to be towed away. A friend of mine had a complete bomb - it broke down (again) a few hundred yards short of the car park - but it was downhill, so they coasted in, halted at the inspection station and then split with the cheque before they figured out the car wouldn't start for love or money.
ReplyDeleteThey ran a similar program here out at the airport - it worked quite well and I think they have figured out your mate's little game now though as they had some pretty sharp people doing the assessing.
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