Jason Stahl has 30 years of experience as an editor, and has been editor of BodyShop Business for the past 18 years. He currently is a gold pin member of the Collision Industry Conference. Jason, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from John Carroll University and started his career in journalism at a weekly newspaper, doing everything from delivering newspapers to selling advertising space to writing articles.
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We all may be experts in the field of collision repair, but our pets are experts in cheering us up when we’ve had a bad day or are feeling down.
Right now, everyone is a little stressed as our lives have been totally upended by the coronavirus pandemic: schools closed, businesses closed, etc. Fortunately, auto body repair has been deemed an “essential” business, and most are still open and are being hyper-vigilant about following proper sanitation practices and social distancing while serving their customers.
Also on duty are pets at the shop who provide a good dose of love, support and comic relief! Check out these pets from body shops around the country who are still reporting for duty:
Miss Maggie Mae is on the job at Precision Collision Center in Kansas City, Kan.
In reality, we are told, this is what Miss Maggie Mae does with the majority of her day.
Frank, an American bully rescue who works on the road regularly with Danyon Kirchner, business services manager, Zimmerman Auto Body Supplies and Capital Automotive Refinishing Supplies. Last week, Frank helped Danyon take paint inventory at his BASF customer W&L Subaru in Northumberland, Pa. The shop loved seeing him at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak before they paused shop visits from their staff.
Floki is always down to help around Showtime Collision in Running Springs, Calif.
Reina is Floki’s buddy and also pitches in at Showtime Collision.
Koda the corgi on duty at Sierra Auto Body in Grass Valley, Calif.
We don’t know this fella’s name, but he is comforting his crew at The Shop Paint & Body in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jaxx is a regular at Bill’s Body Shop in Ruleville, Miss.
This guy may look intimidating but he’s keeping all the employees focused at Protec Autobody & Restoration in Garrettsville, Ohio.
Jason Stahl has 30 years of experience as an editor, and has been editor of BodyShop Business for the past 18 years. He currently is a gold pin member of the Collision Industry Conference. Jason, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from John Carroll University and started his career in journalism at a weekly newspaper, doing everything from delivering newspapers to selling advertising space to writing articles.
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The Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) announced that National Coatings & Supplies/Single Source has committed again to the CIF Annual Donor Program, marking their fourth consecutive donation at the First Responder (highest) tier.
Introduced in 2021, the Annual Donor Program was designed to bring needed recurring resources to the foundation so it can deliver on its mission to “answer the call” when those in the industry have been impacted by catastrophic events such as wildfires, hurricanes, flooding or COVID.
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