Worked in Halfords, had done for 4 years, Cycles Supervisor etc etc, great wrenching reputation, good sales.
Hired a guy, worked with him for only a week before I went away for 2 weeks. Was [incorrectly, it turned-out] concerned he wasn’t ready to be left alone there.
My last words to him before leaving were
“I don’t care if you sell nothing, just double-check everything. Make sure no-one gets hurt”
Queue 2 weeks blissful holiday on a catamaran in Greece.
Come back and found I’d left some stem pinch bolts lose and some guy had ridden out of the carpark and tried to make a left onto a bike lane. The bike had veered a few degrees, the wheel had jackknifed and dumped him on his face in the middle of the A21 casing extensive cuts a bruses, but no death. Just.
When I think of it, my eyebrows still climb skyward about 8 years later.