Darrell kills me. He cannot stand up to his family for anything. I guess he's just conditioned not to, he's put up with shit from them his whole life. He took in a job at the shop the other day; he actually had two jobs lined up: a transmission replacement and an overhaul. The labor on the first was $1700 and the labor on the second was a little less, but still over $1000. He'd get 60% of each of those amounts. He got the transmission almost out on the first day, before lunch even. He was going to set it out when he got back and then start on the overhaul while he waited for parts. We get back to the shop after lunch that day and what happened? Danny (his brother) had already taken the overhaul job inside and started on it! WTF?? We really needed that money, and aside from that, it was Darrell's job to do. Danny was even already working on something (not waiting on parts but actively working on it), and he pulled it outside to start on the overhaul.

Darrell was highly pissed but of course he didn't say anything! He lets Danny get away with shit like this all the damn time. He lets Danny tell him what job to start on, etc. when there is no 'boss' at the shop, everyone is technically working for themself. There's more, but I don't feel like typing it all out. Darrell was complaining about it again today and I just told him 'He's going to treat you like that as long as you let him'. I think, and I've told him this, that Danny would completely back down if Darrell told him what's what. I've seen people like that, Danny talks big when the person he's talking about isn't around to hear it. He NEVER says anything to people's faces, he won't confront. (on a related note, Darrell's whole family is like that, actually) I told Darrell if he would just tell Danny to lay off and STFU, he'd stop with the bullshit. But in the end, it's Darrell's decision, he'll have to take all he can take and then go off. He's been putting up with this same bullshit since his dad started the business in 1991, so I don't know if I see that happening anytime soon. :/