Had something similar happen for my VR last year; pulled up at the place and said I wanted the blueslip done, he walked outside and briefly glanced at it, conversation went like this:
"Is the car good?"
"Yep"
"Are the brakes good?"
"Yyyyyep..." (not really, I must admit)
"Okay come inside, I'll get cracking on the paperwork"
Aaaand that's it. Note that this was my regular mechanic and he later turned out to do some realllllly bodgy work - who woulda thought?