He used acetone, and it was squishy…

[Sierra Clean Care]

I Shyte you not, first job today, the elderly lady said the carpet was so wet, water was squishing between her toes as she walked on the carpet, and that he told her he was using acetone to clean the carpet….

The carpet was ‘wet and stinky for 5 days, and the noxious fumes from the acetone caused me migraines, and I kept my windows and doors open the entire time to help air it out’….

Not exactly the feedback a guy wants from a customer….

My question is ; WTF is this guy doing????

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I Shyte you not, first job today, the elderly lady said the carpet was so wet, water was squishing between her toes as she walked on the carpet, and that he told her he was using acetone to clean the carpet….

The carpet was ‘wet and stinky for 5 days, and the noxious fumes from the acetone caused me migraines, and I kept my windows and doors open the entire time to help air it out’….

Not exactly the feedback a guy wants from a customer….

My question is ; WTF is this guy doing????

He might have been using acetone as a spotter. It can be a good solvent, other than its odor, flammability and tendency to discolor nylon.

I'd not use it.

The squishiness was just the usual result of poor equipment maintenance and poor technique I'm sure.

Why he told the customer what he did is beyond me. Sometimes cleaners think they know what they are talking about; sometimes its just random BS they spout to sound intelligent.

I knew a guy who would tell people that his rotary scrubber had an "extractovator" that pulled all the dirt up through the microfiber pad and into what was really the motor housing. He said that he emptied it back at the plant.

People will believe most anything..........

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Maybe, just maybe the Extractovactor was possibly a Chemstractor

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Maybe, just maybe the Extractovactor was possibly a Chemstractor

The concept Chemstractor inspired the mendacious cleaner, but what he used was merely a 175 RPM scrubber.

I knew the rascal well....before he went to his reward some years back.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

So, since he didn’t have a Chemstractor, he made his own Brand

 

[scotty747]

Are you sure it was a reward and not a punishment?

 

[Jim Pemberton]

Are you sure it was a reward and not a punishment?

reward should have been in the "sarcasm purple"

Its a general term I use for death.

I also say, at times, "they went the way of all flesh"

Just another one of my annoying figures of speech.

 

[Mikey P]

reward should have been in the "sarcasm purple"

Its a general term I use for death.

I also say, at time, "they went the way of all flesh"

Just another one of my annoying figures of speech.

There's a Christian in you just screaming to get out

 

[SamIam]

I Shyte you not, first job today, the elderly lady said the carpet was so wet, water was squishing between her toes as she walked on the carpet, and that he told her he was using acetone to clean the carpet….

The carpet was ‘wet and stinky for 5 days, and the noxious fumes from the acetone caused me migraines, and I kept my windows and doors open the entire time to help air it out’….

Not exactly the feedback a guy wants from a customer….

My question is ; WTF is this guy doing????

Getting high like someone's Alabama cousin cooking moonshine

 

[Brian H]

The squishiness was just the usual result of poor equipment maintenance and/or poor technique I'm sure.

I fixed it for you!! I have seen people with very well maintained equipment using very poor technique. Some even worked for me.

 

[Cleanworks]

I fixed it for you!! I have seen people with very well maintained equipment using very poor technique. Some even worked for me.

some people can't tell if the vacuum hose is attached or not.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

That’s funny. I was sucking water with my PEX yesterday and of course sailing along I pulled the hose looseDamn it! I could tell I’m a 1%er

 

[Willy P]

There's a Christian in you just screaming to get out

What did you have for breakfast Jim?