/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1974854
>be greenie sparky
>get yelled at for cutting towards myself while cutting carflex lengthwise
>start cutting away from myself but holding it the same way because retard
>slice finger open the while length
>blood shooting out of my finger like a hose
>drive myself to the hospital
>get stitches
>dude comes into the room while I am waiting
>"hey bro since this happened at work you gotta fill out x y and z"
>"oh no it's all good I'll just go through my insurance" (completely serious)
>guy laughs but makes me do it anyway
>somehow don't get drug tested
>would have failed lol
>get fired out of the blue a month later for possibly related reasons
>still don't have feeling on half my finger

My car makes a squealing noise when I turn it on and it gets faster with acceleration.
For some background, I just had my alternator fixed about 2 weeks ago and this started a couple of days after. I was wondering if there were any things I could do to see what it might be at home before going to a mechanic so I can try to price it out beforehand because I haven't had much work in the past 2 months and I'm living off of my savings.