Gremlins are afoot

I took Sophie the Mini Cooper into the dealership yesterday to get some still-under-warranty work done. The motor for the back windshield wiper needs to be replaced. The failing motor makes a sound reminscent of the voice of a person who has been smoking three packs a day of the really cheap cigarettes for the last fifty years. And apparently the passenger side is the recipient of some fatal blow as both the door lock and the window have been sporadically sticking. This is highly annoying when you want to (1) unlock the door and (2) roll down the window. The work was supposed to take one day but we got a call from our service lady advising that things went horribly wrong when they tried to fix one problem - replacing the lock caused all locks to stop working. The diagnosis they offered - gremlins are afoot. And I'm thinking, because I remember well that movie with Phoebe Cates from the mid 80s, "Ah fuck, this can't be good."