Work at Auto-Kilta starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Before 8 a.m., you have time to dress up and drink some tea or coffee. At 8 a.m., work starts, and cars start to come into the workshop. Every mechanic has his work day already planned. The customer can come to the workshop and arrange a time, or they can call the mechanic. The mechanic has to have his picture, phone number, and name on the workshop door and at his workplace so the customer can easily find him. There are no receivers like in Slovenia. Work stops at 9 a.m., and all the mechanics go out of the work shop and go to the café for a 15-minute coffee break. After 15 minutes, everybody goes back to work. After two hours, work stops again for 30 minutes for lunch. After lunch, work continues. At 2 p.m., there is the second and last coffee break. When the clock hits 2.15 p.m., work continues. Work after 3 p.m. slows down, and everybody is ready to go home. You can go home after you finish work. But most of the mechanics finished their jobs before 4 p.m. At 4 pm, you change your clothes and head home.

Filip Šimenc