Curse the mechanics of the world

So today I was supposed to leave my car for a few days at the mechanics so they could replace the rear main seal and the front brakes. (Lots of work). We scheduled it two weeks ago to make sure I could work it around my life. I made sure I had my meetings in Vancouver Monday and Tuesday this week, leaving the rest of the week clear. I scheduled for someone to pick me up when I dropped the car off, and everything was good to go.

I get there this morning, to be politely told that it wasn't going to happen. The only lift that can support the work needed on my car was still in use, because some poor sap's car was still on there. Apparently a pulley was bad and was going to take three days to get a new one. With the car half apart, they couldn't take it off the hoist. Damn it.

So now I have to wait another week and schedule around it. *sigh* I guess I should be happy its not my car on the hoist right now.