Paint shop jail... No parole!!!

Here's a question for everyone here: You own a bodyshop. You have rent, bills, overhead, kids to feed. Times have been slow and things are tight. THEN things start picking up. You get two or three small easy collision jobs that the insurance company will pay top dollar for but ONLY WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED! You figure you can bang out maybe one a week if you really bust *** and get your bills covered. Then a few MORE come in!
Do you work on THEM or do you do the one that's been sitting in the corner covered with a tarp for a year? It's already paid for and nets you NOTHING! No bodyman is going to lose the paying jobs for the paid one. Ever.

I'm not talking "morality" here, or "best intentions".. I'm talking cold hard facts of life.
Dude, as long as there's ANYTHING else in that shop, you will not see your car.