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Nomad74

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Got a call last night from a PM that they need a place cleaned immediately. The guy moved out and is now living in his car. The owner can't afford new carpet and is moving in his daughter. The PM warned me the place is bad. I requested that the cleaning lady please pick up any debris and vacuum before I get there.

About an hour later the PM calls me back and says the cleaning lady refuses to enter the house until the carpet is cleaned first. She said the odor was too bad for her to be in there. So just to see what I'm getting myself into, I decided to take a trip out for a pre-inspection. Holy crap!!! My legs were instantly attacked by fleas, there is urine and dog turds everywhere, needless to say, the carpet was bad. When I looked out the sliding glass door, I could see two cats staring back at me. I opened the door to pet them and I could tell they were starving. I'll be returning today with some paper bowls and cat food. People that abandon animals piss me off!

The PM and myself have low expectations for this one. Normally I would turn this down. I figure this is a perfect candidate to test out my Hydramaster Odorslayer. This place is going to get soaked down like Gene Kelly Singing in the Rain.
 
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Got a call last night from a PM that they need a place cleaned immediately. The guy moved out and is now living in his car. The owner can't afford new carpet and is moving in his daughter. The PM warned me the place is bad. I requested that the cleaning lady please pick up any debris and vacuum before I get there.

About an hour later the PM calls me back and says the cleaning lady refuses to enter the house until the carpet is cleaned first. She said the odor was too bad for her to be in there. So just to see what I'm getting myself into, I decided to take a trip out for a pre-inspection. Holy crap!!! My legs were instantly attacked by fleas, there is urine and dog turds everywhere, needless to say, the carpet was bad. When I looked out the sliding glass door, I could see two cats staring back at me. I opened the door to pet them and I could tell they were starving. I'll be returning today with some paper bowls and cat food. People that abandon animals piss me off!

The PM and myself have low expectations for this one. Normally I would turn this down. I figure this is a perfect candidate to test out my Hydramaster Odorslayer. This place is going to get soaked down like Gene Kelly Singing in the Rain.
Gene WHO?
 
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Captain Morgan

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That HM odor slayer sounds like it might work good. "Combines the power of oxygen – in the form of stabilized chlorine dioxide – with an odor encapsulating and binding deodorizer " report back how well it works.

What happened to Quats being used for pet order issues.. Did that fall out of favor? I've been on another planet for a while.
 

Captain Morgan

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Damon, what's your plan of attack? Are you going to saturate the carpet and water claw? Do you disengage the carpet and inspect the damage underneath, treat and reattach carpet?

Is this an out of the ordinary cleaning job/request from this PM?
 

Nomad74

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That HM odor slayer sounds like it might work good. "Combines the power of oxygen – in the form of stabilized chlorine dioxide – with an odor encapsulating and binding deodorizer " report back how well it works.

What happened to Quats being used for pet order issues.. Did that fall out of favor? I've been on another planet for a while.
I purposely don’t use quat because of the health issues surrounding it. I did consider it for this job though.
 

Captain Morgan

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that was 3 or 4 Juice De Jour's ago, Bill
..when Judstone's juices were the board de jour phenom and all Myna bUrds parroted in unison "greatest evah"

BTW, good to see you're still kicking

..L.T.A.
Hi Larry!!
...only 3 or 4 juices ago... that's it?

I'm still kicking and glad to be back on a limited basis. So much has changed here and seems like only a few boards remain. Where did everybody go?

I'm financially ruined but happily divorced now and have been raising my boys full time for the last 4.5 years. My oldest heads off to UMaine Orono for Engineering Friday for Freshman Move in Day. Second son will be a Junior in HS and challenges me daily.

Still playing with my Steamway Problematic...:biggrin: However with Noah away at college I'll have more free time and am kicking around the idea of trying to do more than the occasional cleaning for family or friends. Not sure.. we'll see. Lots going on..

Anyway, I see Mikeysboard is relatively unchanged except for less traffic (or so it appears to me). I still love and appreciate the sarcasm though... glad some things haven't changed.

All the best to you, yours and I'm sure we'll talk in the future.
Capt. Mo
 

Nomad74

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On my way to the hell house now. I stopped at the store and bought some food for the Kitties.

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Since Mikey can be bought now, less people hang around.
Now?

Nobody minded much when I got a free Vortex..



People die, retire, move on to other careers, get reborn on Facebook or just finally figure how many ounces are in a cup and stop looking for a silver bullet on the internet.
Many newbs go to FB or YouTube to get educated or lurk here but are afraid to post due to all our old crusty assholes...
 

Captain Morgan

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It's amazing how low people will allow their standards to fall.

You got your work cut out bra ...
 
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