Best line I have heard from a customer

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I just got a call from one of my $$$$$$$richest customers Sara but she pronounces it Sah Rah. I booked her in for next week. It reminded of the first time I cleaned for her. It was an emergency and she needed immediate service. I get there and the is a small pile of dog poop on the rug decorated with tissue paper because she wasn't sure what she should do. She starts talking to me and she doesn't know what to do this is the first time the dog ever did something like that and she was all distraught, she starts asking about my family and I mention my wife is a neuropsychologist and she asks "does she ever work with dogs"
I thought it was the funniest thing.

I cleaned the rug and she wanted the furniture done just in case they were contaminated and she said she had to get her son Laird out because she didn't want him getting sick because of the feces and said she wasn't sure how much it would be so I left some money on the counter and for me just to leave an invoice. 1 rug 5*8, 1 sofa and an arm chair she left $500.00. They bought the house for $3.5million and ripped it down to build a $5 million

I do love going to that house. She is a babe
 

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How much did you actually charge for that job? You didn't keep the whole 500 did you?
 

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I left an invoice because they were hundred dollar bills and it didn't workout in the math. It was a friday afternoon and I had to get my wife to pick the kids so I charged her a $50 emergency service fee, $45 for the rug and $55 for the sofa and $35 for the chair. For a whopping $185. She did refer me to her Father inlaw and I cleaned his family home 15,000 sq ft house and his smaller new home 7,500 sq ft
 

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well greg how does room pricing work out on those huge houses i was just wonderin?
 

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I tell people I am a pet psychic and can find out why their pet crapped on the carpet.
 

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Matt Murdock said:
I get there and the is a small pile of dog poop on the rug decorated with tissue paper because she wasn't sure what she should do.

Funny, most of my customers just add water and swirl it around thinking it will magically disappear.
 

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Doug Cox said:
[quote="Matt Murdock":1cgadd31] I get there and the is a small pile of dog poop on the rug decorated with tissue paper because she wasn't sure what she should do.

Funny, most of my customers just add water and swirl it around thinking it will magically disappear.[/quote:1cgadd31]

That could equally apply to some cleaners Doug!!

John :lol:
 

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well greg how does room pricing work out on those huge houses i was just wonderin?

rooms up to 200sq ft then they get charged per sq ft. I would much rather clean a 200 sq ft room than a 110 when there is furniture in them. It is tough moving around the little ones
 
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Matt Murdock said:
I just got a call from one of my $$$$$$$richest customers Sara but she pronounces it Sah Rah. I booked her in for next week. It reminded of the first time I cleaned for her. It was an emergency and she needed immediate service. I get there and the is a small pile of dog poop on the rug decorated with tissue paper because she wasn't sure what she should do. She starts talking to me and she doesn't know what to do this is the first time the dog ever did something like that and she was all distraught, she starts asking about my family and I mention my wife is a neuropsychologist and she asks "does she ever work with dogs"
I thought it was the funniest thing.

I cleaned the rug and she wanted the furniture done just in case they were contaminated and she said she had to get her son Laird out because she didn't want him getting sick because of the feces and said she wasn't sure how much it would be so I left some money on the counter and for me just to leave an invoice. 1 rug 5*8, 1 sofa and an arm chair she left $500.00. They bought the house for $3.5million and ripped it down to build a $5 million

I do love going to that house. She is a babe


Greg I have a customer just like that. Her husband sold his last business for 110 million. They have a 14,000 sq/ft home full of antique furniture and expensive rugs. Her husband is a fat average looking guy and she is beyond gorgeous. I could easily charge her much more and get away with it, but I treat her like everyone else. Now when she asks me to clean a silk bench or sisal rug I charge more money.
 

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$185!! I would of collected for deo and protecting .. Im sure she would of said yes .. shit the money was already out.
 
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