FML

I know I'm not going to get any sympathy so I'll put it up here for humor's sake. I went into work early today to attend a meeting at corporate HQ. The IT department wanted feedback on our mapping programs and how we use them in dispatch (I work for an electrical utility in Boston) as they're looking to upgrade our entire mapping program. I grab the prints at my office and head over to corporate to attend said meeting and from there I was to return to my office for my scheduled shift - 2pm to 10pm. I figured no big deal, there's two supervisors on and I'll get out early. Well I forgot that the second supervisor is having a colonoscopy the next day was taking diarrhetic pills and needed to head home early, plus would not be in the next day. Meh, no big deal, I'll just work the 11 hours and be good, I know my boss has taken care of me on numerous occasions so it was all good. I jokingly looked at Richie (other supervisor on) and said, watch, the midnight guy will call in and I'll get stuck here for two and a half shifts. Lo and behold not 20 minutes later the call comes in. Berkeley me. So my supposed 6 hour shift turned into an 11 shift which turned into a 19 hour shift. FML To make matters worse my girlfriend loaned me her 550hp 03 Cobra to drive for two weeks while the Jaguar is down. Why is that bad you may ask? Because some berkeleying seagull decided to crap all over her paint. So unbeknownst to me the crap-acid was eating away at her car while I was stuck in dispatch. Now a little background on this car, it's f'n gorgeous. She has numerous show awards for this car including best of show at World of Wheels in Boston. I find the crap at around 1 am when I go for a walk so I run inside, grab some water, and proceed to rub a small rug-sized pile of crap off her car with my finger because I'm afraid of ruining her paint/wax job (detailing is not my cup of tea - I'd rather drive a beater fast than drive a show car slow). I get it off and I get home and proceed to clean the car with Meguiars detailing spray but I can see the damage had already been done. She has yet to find out. What the Berkeley. So please, have fun at my expense, all the other forces of nature seem to be. LOL

Is the paint really trashed? I bet it's recoverable, but working on that car must be terrifying for fear of causing nanoabrasion or some crap.

If it was my car - and it used to look damn good before the clear coat peeled off of the top surfaces - I'd clean the area with some wash n' wax, dry it, (make sure it's dry, there can't even be any condensation) and then hand-wax the hell outta the area where the bird crap was. That will either fix the problem or hide it for a while. You could probably do some more with clay but I never got into that level of paint-OCD.

I just clay bar'd and used meguirs (sp?) gold class wax on my car last weekend. It does amazing things. Might wanna try that. Though clay baring really doesnt do a WHOLE lot for the look of a car. But it does look/feel like glass now...

please tell me you are not saleried

Sweet, thanks for the advice. It's been years since I've claybarred, I'll give it a try.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention I am salary. I don't get overtime.

ugh.. was salary once... biggest mistake I ever made.

You do have my sympathy

LOL Thanks.

I tease the guys I work with and ask when they're going to drink the kool-aid and go management but they say they can't take the paycut. I don't have the heart to tell them they only make about $10k more than me working almost twice as many hours a week.