The GTO Judge finally got primed the other day and I started to block on one of the doors. There's enough primer on it to guide coat and sand 4 times, on at least the main part of the door. It had a little less on the bottom but I understand how it is to make a gallon stretch for an entire car. So as I was taking my sweet time blocking, The Trooper came back from the frame shop and the diamond is square now. So I had to weld up the support after tramming it and doing a quick mock up cause tramming it may not tell you how the head lights are gonna fit, but not so crucial on this truck but is on most sedans where the head light goes to a point. Lot of crazy stuff going on in the shop, or was. We had a guy that got canned a while back because he had a drug problem. He's open about his drug problem but says it's a thing of the past, but it was pretty clear he was still a dope addict after missing work after getting his check. Almost every pay check. He was fired for that. Then recently he got fired at another place for the same reason so our boss gave him some side work. None of the workers were happy about it. I recall telling the old manager the shop's turning into a circus. Anyhow, this guy has been here for two weeks and within that time a van was broken into in the parking lot and the boss' trailer was stolen. It was later recovered and luckily all the parts we were storing in it were recovered. The painter thinks he was involved. The boss asked me if I thought he was involved. I simply said, "when you bring people like that around, stuff like that happens." It's true. Most people who steal want it easy, don't want to get caught, and if you let them into your world they take advantage of opportunities to steal and be dishonest if they think they can get away with it. In other words, just bringing them into your world puts you at risk. I've seen it hundreds of times from home invasion robberies to stolen property and a lot of times it's someone they trusted. I recall a guy who's dad was a famous artist and he had a huge warehouse in Oakland with skate ramps and skate obstacles everywhere. It was a cool spot to skate and have big sleep overs, but as we grew up he mingled with kids in the area. Next thing I know I'm talking to him catching up and he tells me how these guys in masks ran up in their house with guns and tied everybody up. Thing was, 4 of the guys tied up swear they know the voice behind the mask. So the cops come and the guy with the familiar voice was the only one who got away. He was later caught and served time. Me and the painter were talking about the situation at the shop and we both agreed the boss needs more street smarts. Anyhow, it was nice to hear him tell the guy there's no more work for him. not that I want to see a guy broke but I was getting sick of checking up on my tools everyday-lol