Blank rows on an inspection board are a finding, not a failure of the printer

Workshop diaries fill themselves with optimism. A due date that “must be in the card rack” becomes a pencil mark that looks official by Thursday.

An inspection window board should show the date on the vehicle card, the bay that is booked, and nothing where the card is missing. A blank row irritates a Friday meeting. It is still better than a guessed safety inspection that everyone treats as booked.

If you commission that board from us, audit the rack before the visit if you can. If you cannot, we will still draw the board. The first fortnight may look untidy. That untidiness is the work. Sian Probert’s coach workshop in Powys learned that when a card sat in a driver’s bag; the board did not pretend otherwise.