depressed beyond belief..

[Mikey P]

Some of you, especially Meg will know what I'm talking about.

My Santa Cruz operation has won the Best Of poll 8 times, 7 years in a row now. According to the rep we win by a landslide each year.
I'll send out a email each January asking our database to vote, I make one time push on Facebook and ultimately rely o my Letip group for the bulk of the votes. Most of us sweep our categories.

yesterday I got this.....

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You've placed in our Best Of this year!

Connoisseur Carpet won the Silver (Runner Up) for Best Carpet Cleaning in ALL of Santa Cruz County!

I have attached a flyer with some additional information. It's always encouraged to run a "Thank You" ad in order thank Good Times readers for voting for you.

Let me know if you wish to reserve space for a Thank You ad, this is our BIGGEST issue of the year and people hold on to this particular issue all year round as their go to for everything Santa Cruz.


My heart sank.

First thought was I'm not manning the fort enough.
Second thought was who the fvck could have beaten us?
Third was to get angry with my guys for not being me.
Forth was, shot the le tipers are going to think Davis isn't cutting it.
Fifth was ****, I'm not manning the fort enough
Six was do I yell at the guys now or do I write down my disappointment and send it in an email
Seventh was Fred is gonna bust my balls..
Eighth Does this award really bring us that much business or is it really just about bragging rights
Ninth was well maybe no one will notice the second place designation
Tenth was We can rebuild, we can fix this we can take it again next year
Eleventh was Does it really matter?
Twelfth was hell yes it does!!
Thirteenth was no it doesn't
Fourteenth was ****, I'm not manning the fort enough..

maybe I'll just sell this ship while I can before it sinks.





I spent the whole day with Davis and had to bite my lip 14 times, afraid I'd get too emotional..


I need to calm down and really think this through. Totally fretting going to le Tip and having to listen to the other winners toot their horns.







Today I spent the day with Ely. More lip biting. Keep your cool Mike. Give it a few days, they take this award serious too. Be Smart..
Huge job today, $4k plus raised my spirits but gawddamn Ely is going to make 30% damn percent, he can take a few minutes per job to charm the ladies....Mother F...



Then I get this....









Please Disregard the email I sent yesterday, I sent out the wrong info - my mistake. Turns out you guys won the GOLD!!!! Congrats on your big win! Sorry for any confusion.


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You've placed in our Best Of this year!

Connoisseur Carpet won the GOLD (FIRST PLACE) for Best Carpet Cleaning in ALL of Santa Cruz County!

I have attached a flyer with some additional information. It's always encouraged to run a "Thank You" ad in order thank Good Times readers for voting for you.

Let me know if you wish to reserve space for a Thank You ad, this is our BIGGEST issue of the year and people hold on to this particular issue all year round as their go to for everything Santa Cruz.

Also, we ask that no one share any information until the Best Of issue comes out on March 15, 2017. So please don't announce on social media, etc. until then.





Mother F'n unbelievable.....






SOOOOOoooooooooo glad I bit my lip.

 

[hogjowl]

Now you understand why I'm consistently such an asshole. If I let up for one second, Boyle will overtake me!

 

[Cleanworks]

So who did you have to pay off for the second notice?

 

[SamIam]

I bet your looking at Davis thinking god dang it shave that grungy beard!

You silver slacker!

One day later you can keep the beard your awesome!

 

[hogjowl]

Is his awesome something YOU'RE familiar with?

 

[Desk Jockey]

Its a joke in our town. Usually won by the biggest newspaper advertiser, a janitorial company.

Glad you got what you wanted. Even more glad you bit your tongue! Those guys work hard, buy them a dinner with their girlfriends!

 

[WillS]

Or the first place winner just declined to buy ad space for the "thank you" letter so they went down the list.

I've been asking the Best Of here to add carpet cleaners as a category for 3 years. Still nothing.

 

[dgardner]

Kind of like the doctor telling you that you have cancer then he says oops, my mistake - never mind, you're fine....

 

[Mikey P]

So who did you have to pay off for the second notice?

@Erik


You prove your point....

 

[Cleanworks]

I won one of those things once. When they called me to confirm, they asked how many employees do I have? When I said I am an owner/operator, they said they couldn't give it to me because it wasn't fair. Huh? I just beat out all those other companies with multiple trucks and crews who have way more customers that me and yet I still came in first? Tell me how is that not fair?

 

[Bob Pruitt]

That might have been the best post I have ever read! My eyes and all teared up from laughing so hard... great post! Or... I'm really tired... funny stuff!

 

[hogjowl]

It's only because at our age there's nothing on TV worth watching anymore

 

[dgardner]

Perry Mason is still on at 11pm, probably past your bedtime though...

 

[SamIam]

Kind of like the doctor telling you that you have cancer then he says oops, my mistake - never mind, you're fine....

Ya sure it's a lot like that!

Maybe in Mike's mind.

 

[Mikey P]

I'm really enjoying our Netflix streaming subscription


Lots of good oldies

 

[Lee Stockwell]

So you blabbed here?

 

[Nomad74]

Well, that was an emotional roller coaster. Glad you got it.

 

[Bob Pruitt]

It's only because at our age there's nothing on TV worth watching anymore

Baseball has started so plenty to watch.

 

[Mikey P]

So you blabbed here?

I'm convinced Stockwell has entered menopause.

 

[SamIam]

So you blabbed here?

Someone had to mention that beard.

 

[SamIam]

By the way I'm totally jelly I can't come close to growing that.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

They did ask.

 

[Mikey P]

This is not social media and my locals don't read MB Lee


is there something else you want to scratch at tonight?....jebus.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

This is social. They asked you to keep their secret...just for a few more days.

Why give Murphy any excuse to screw it up?

 

[Mikey P]

I hear warm milk helps.

 

[Mark Saiger]

But in reality....with me having been gone this past month...same thoughts come up....

My vans were not as clean as I wanted while gone....but I need to reflect and realize we bust a$$ for a long time in the year....

And then as soon as we make a plan to strip them out to get a serious deep clean...work comes in....go figure.

I essentially leaving now Saturday again for almost 2 weeks, I had to talk with the guys to make sure we are not lacking...we are not cutting corners...and need to get on our "A game".

I even had a nice size commercial job contact me last night....after I scrambled to find their old estimate work order...offer the same discount cleaning in a couple of memory care buildings...that just takes extra time....as you go from lock gate to lock gate...with someone from the facility...and sometimes, you don't know who is the staff...and who is a resident

Estimate in, they said "same as last time" got the work order...oh...not doing all the client rooms.... Run back to the office...redo the estimate to send out....

And get an email...they are not proceeding with the cleaning ( as I blocked off most of the Friday for this)

So, couple nice jobs came in to replace that one ...and like son in law Aron said "oh...they are going to try to do it themselves again....get in trouble at inspection...and we will be back in to fix their mess up again" Smart kid......

Congratulations Mikey....and we are all getting some "New life Experience wake up calls"

But...will see you soon!

 

[Old Coastie]

Now c'mon Mike, you can whup those other slobs with a shopvac and bottle of windex...

 

[KevinL]

If your best of contest is like ours here, it's just a ploy by the newspaper to sell more advertising. It's a fn scam. To be a voter you have to vote in all categories. It doesn't matter if you've used any of the services. Just pick a name. you win. now buy some advertising in the paper to say thanks to everyone who voted for whoever.

 

[bob vawter]

I can relate Mikey...
I had a little ol' lady get pissed at me once for not having walk paper to
Lay down.....

 

[Kevin B]

Some of you, especially Meg will know what I'm talking about.

My Santa Cruz operation has won the Best Of poll 8 times, 7 years in a row now. According to the rep we win by a landslide each year.
I'll send out a email each January asking our database to vote, I make one time push on Facebook and ultimately rely o my Letip group for the bulk of the votes. Most of us sweep our categories.

yesterday I got this.....

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You've placed in our Best Of this year!

Connoisseur Carpet won the Silver (Runner Up) for Best Carpet Cleaning in ALL of Santa Cruz County!

I have attached a flyer with some additional information. It's always encouraged to run a "Thank You" ad in order thank Good Times readers for voting for you.

Let me know if you wish to reserve space for a Thank You ad, this is our BIGGEST issue of the year and people hold on to this particular issue all year round as their go to for everything Santa Cruz.


My heart sank.

First thought was I'm not manning the fort enough.
Second thought was who the fvck could have beaten us?
Third was to get angry with my guys for not being me.
Forth was, shot the le tipers are going to think Davis isn't cutting it.
Fifth was ****, I'm not manning the fort enough
Six was do I yell at the guys now or do I write down my disappointment and send it in an email
Seventh was Fred is gonna bust my balls..
Eighth Does this award really bring us that much business or is it really just about bragging rights
Ninth was well maybe no one will notice the second place designation
Tenth was We can rebuild, we can fix this we can take it again next year
Eleventh was Does it really matter?
Twelfth was hell yes it does!!
Thirteenth was no it doesn't
Fourteenth was ****, I'm not manning the fort enough..

maybe I'll just sell this ship while I can before it sinks.





I spent the whole day with Davis and had to bite my lip 14 times, afraid I'd get too emotional..


I need to calm down and really think this through. Totally fretting going to le Tip and having to listen to the other winners toot their horns.







Today I spent the day with Ely. More lip biting. Keep your cool Mike. Give it a few days, they take this award serious too. Be Smart..
Huge job today, $4k plus raised my spirits but gawddamn Ely is going to make 30% damn percent, he can take a few minutes per job to charm the ladies....Mother F...



Then I get this....









Please Disregard the email I sent yesterday, I sent out the wrong info - my mistake. Turns out you guys won the GOLD!!!! Congrats on your big win! Sorry for any confusion.


CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You've placed in our Best Of this year!

Connoisseur Carpet won the GOLD (FIRST PLACE) for Best Carpet Cleaning in ALL of Santa Cruz County!

I have attached a flyer with some additional information. It's always encouraged to run a "Thank You" ad in order thank Good Times readers for voting for you.

Let me know if you wish to reserve space for a Thank You ad, this is our BIGGEST issue of the year and people hold on to this particular issue all year round as their go to for everything Santa Cruz.

Also, we ask that no one share any information until the Best Of issue comes out on March 15, 2017. So please don't announce on social media, etc. until then.





Mother F'n unbelievable.....






SOOOOOoooooooooo glad I bit my lip.

Haha you pretty much summed up how I felt the one year we didnt win. So glad you did!