BUT, here's the real twist. I was (and I guess still am) in the process of maybe getting a job at this shop. They offer great money & good bennies. I have a phone interview with Mrs. Owner tomorrow.... and I feel I really should bring up today's incident. Now, I'm not so sure I want to work at a place with Mr. Stressed-out, fractured-at-the-hinges Mechanic who doesn't know a Corvair from a Pinto.
He might be a fine mechanic. But he's already proven himself a fool.
Well, it seems you've met your potential new coworkers.
I don't think it matters
where you work, if there are more than a few employees, there's gonna be "that guy." If you really want to work there, just do your job. Unless you're going to be the new boss man, "that guy" is someone else's problem.
I don't foresee too many scenarios where you'll be working shoulder-to-shoulder with him anyway. That said, I wouldn't allow his presence to influence your decision.
