My new helper

[hogjowl]

My son is now working with me part time. I haven't had a helper since the late 80's. Once I get him really trained to the point that he knows what to do without having to ask me first, he'll be a huge help. Thing I've noticed is ... my ungrateful customers LOVE him.

I almost never get tips. Once in a blue moon, somebody will pay me a bit more on the check, which I figure is their way of tipping me, but never any cash money. Last two days I have had three people hand me $5, $10, and in one case $20 in cash and say "be sure and give that to your son for me."

What am I ... chopped pork? :?

 

[Brian L]

I think they know you are only paying him $5 an hour.

 

[Torn]

Congrats on hiring your Son. You should be proud.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Pork Chopped, get it right!

They probably appreciate someone with a personality!

 

[FB7777]

I really wish I read this earlier, Luddy and Chavz took all the fun out of your softball question

 

[harryhides]

Clearly they feel very very sorry for him.

Come to think of it, so do I..............

 

[Jimmy L]

:shock:

 

[steve frasier]

we get them every so often but in the world of tipping, generally speaking, the owner doesn't get tipped

having a helper is great

 

[Torn]

Is your son a mental handicap and that is the reason for the tips?

Why on earth would you lead your son into this business?

Your son should be going to college and getting a "real" job.

Did you tell him carpet cleaners are nothing more than glorified janitors?

Will his friends respect him?

All this coming from a father with a master's degree and someone who failed at teaching?

What kind of pitiful father are you?

:shock:

Ouch!

 

[hogjowl]

Oh ... he IS going to college, but he's just about as interested in it as I was at 19. He'll screw around with it, and be on the 5 or 6 year BS program for awhile and then get serious when he's about 30.

Until then, he'll be cleaning carpets.

He'll get a real job once he graduates and after about 2 or 3 years he'll get fed up with THAT and find himself cleaning carpets again.

 

[Guest]

They are tipping him because he does fart as much as you!!

 

[Shorty]

Onya Marty, your giving your son real world experiences meeting real, (as opposed to false) people & personalities.

The monetary gains in this industry are only bound by his imagination.

Is Jimmy related to you. :?: 'cos he talks like an in-law, (or should that be outlaw) :?:

Whatever, I digress, I reckon yer doin' a bloody good job lettin' him gain experience in the business for when you shortly retire.

Ooroo,

:roll:


PS ::: Make sure he's up on his marketing skills, there are PIRANHAS about in plague proportions in this industry that'll eat him alive. :wink:

 

[John G.]

They give him a tip because they feel sorry for him working for you...

Poor kid!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cameron1]

Does he know anything about Marketing?

 

[hogjowl]

They give him a tip because they feel sorry for him working for you...

Poor kid!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not like I have the poor boy using a pad machine, or anything ...

 

[KevinD]

Once I get him really trained to the point that he knows what to do without having to ask me first, he'll be a huge help.

Send him to train with Vawter, he's got a one day training program.

 

[Jimmy L]

:shock:

 

[Jay D]

Don't you mean aluminum foil ON your head?

 

[daniel@procarpet]

Oh ... he IS going to college, but he's just about as interested in it as I was at 19. He'll screw around with it, and be on the 5 or 6 year BS program for awhile and then get serious when he's about 30.

Until then, he'll be cleaning carpets.

He'll get a real job once he graduates and after about 2 or 3 years he'll get fed up with THAT and find himself cleaning carpets again.

I agree with that. Investing the time and money to train a good helper is the best investment a cleaner can make. The key is finding someone who is good. Good help is hard to find. It takes a person with motivation and good work ethic. Good luck. Hopefully I can find someone real soon. If I do, I will have the biggest smile any of you have ever seen.

 

[ruff]

Congrats Marty,
He can learn more about people and life cleaning carpets for a few months than 3 years at college.
And develop some people skills which will serve him well in life.

 

[lesterj2]

my baby boy which is 3 yrs.old likes to ride in my van so i take him to the store in it..
And when I clean the carpets at his grandmothers job he comes along..
He just loves it...

 

[Charlie Lyman]

I found the same thing. I started taking my Teenager along last summer and he was always getting tips.

 

[Ken Snow]

Glorifeid Janitor??? With the mark of the janitor vacuum as the symbol for this board I assumed it was the other way around.

Way to go Marty, hope your son does great! I think it is common for tips to be higher when there is a second person, not the owner on the truck. They may even think he works at child labor rates and want to make sure he gets enough.

Ken

 

[Jimmy L]

:shock:

 

[bob vawter]

Once I get him really trained to the point that he knows what to do without having to ask me first, he'll be a huge help.

Send him to train with Vawter, he's got a one day training program.

My new guy Don...has been here about Three or four weeks maybe.....and yes....
it WAS a one day training......program!!!

i attribute this more to the machine i use ... than my astute training ability.........tho!

 

[The Preacher]

is he the baseball player??? catcher right? so he already has a carpet cleaners gut!!!!!!

 

[Hoody]

The tips are to save for plastic surgery so he can fix his face and not grow up to look like YOU!

 

[Desk Jockey]

Oh ... he IS going to college, but he's just about as interested in it as I was at 19. He'll screw around with it, and be on the 5 or 6 year BS program for awhile and then get serious when he's about 30.

My 20 year old is on that same plan, 2-years to get 1-years worth of credits! Oh well he needs to get through it now, once he's married, it will be 10-times harder.

I tell him it's all about options, if he graduates and wants to come back here he can, but a degree gives him so many more options.

Dan's son was certain he was going to come back here to work after graduation, but he was offered a job in banking and has settled into a career with Bank of America.

 

[bob vawter]

The tips are to save for plastic surgery so he can fix his face and not grow up to look like YOU!

well spoken Steven....who's holdin' yor drool cup???

 

[Jeremy]

Did you tell him carpet cleaners are nothing more than glorified janitors?

What is this "glory" I hear you speak of? I haven't seen any of it...