Stupid Owner Operator Tricks

[SamIam]

Dang you Fuker's!
Now I'm curious about the Dirt Dragon.
Is this to be another MB must-have tool of the moment to end up in my bone yard!?

He bought that years ago

 

[SamIam]

Mix three pre-sprays together because what the hell do those chemists know about cleaning shit anyways.


Well yeah duh.


I almost died reading this post.

My wife's so close to retirement.

 

[SamIam]

We consolidated debt years ago put 25k zero interest van loan, pool and home loan rolled into interest only loan, we were gonna to spend less on interest. Send more to principle.

For 12 months straight interest went up.

The month I locked it into a fixed rate.

They stopped raising interest.

Sumsabitches

 

[BIG WOOD]

Get a ton of calls while I'm changing the oil and tightening the belt, being distracted and skip a step, screwing up the belt tensioner, making my engine sound like it's grinding itself to death

 

[BIG WOOD]

Mike's kicking me in the balls with the dirt dragon comments

 

[Mikey P]

Dang you Fuker's!
Now I'm curious about the Dirt Dragon.
Is this to be another MB must-have tool of the moment to end up in my bone yard!?

A brush glide and a needle valve is your friend.

 

[sassyotto]

my sister in law worked for me back in the day. She turned out to be my best employee.

 

[DAT]

Dumb things we do due to season fluctuations...

Hire a relative that we can't fire later, you know when that 6 week summer rush is over and you start taking those calls from Angies or Yelp again..

Put your regular helper in your back up truck, or even worse, hire a relative to run in, during those 6 weeks..

Buy a $1600 wand because you think your customer will notice your commitment to your craft.

And a matching swivel stair wand..

Finance a 30k slide in because your $15k model leaks a little oil and you had three wick backs this month.

Buy a used Vortex because you landed a college turn account, and diesel prices spike on the drive home from California.

Believed that the college wouldn't price shop you next season because of the commitment you showed to your craft.

Buy into a Restoration franchise, when it's just you and your sisters kid on the truck and sister's kid doesn't answer his phone after 5pm or on Sundays.

Rent a shop to store your van, 3 cases of pre-spray a wand and just enough room to clean an 8x10 rug and those chairs that always brown out.

Think that the sister's kid wants to help you clean rugs back at your new shop after cleaning apartments all day.

Buy a Dirt Dragón and take an zoom class on how to ruin wood floors because that guy on facebook makes it look so easy.

Sell the used portable air duct cleaning machine for a down payment on the Dirt Dragon

Use pictures on your FB or Adwords campaign of filthy disgusting floors and get mad at your sister's kid when he get's redos on those that responded to the ad.

Install a Little Giant in your van because your Heat Exchanger wasn't getting carpet clean enough.

Mix three pre-sprays together because what the hell do those chemists know about cleaning shit anyways.

Wand all your commercial jobs because you're OLD SCHOOL!

Honey I sold your sewing machine to pay for another month of Pay Per Click.

I'm going to stay home and work ON the company while sister's kid and our shitty gardener go out on the truck.

Post pictures of your 32 jobs on the schedule on the FB SFS page

Post a thread on the FB SFS group on how to hire an experienced carpet tech who will do things your way, in November.

You get depressed when you sister's kid isn't as excited about the 9th sample bag of pre-spray you're trying this year, as you are.

Or the 12th piss product.

Hey sister's kid, guess what? I bought all of Rob's training videos so I want you and the gardener to start coming in an hour early each day to watch them.

Honey you can hang out at the pool while the sister's kid and I take three days of classes, during our busy season, because I want him to know that he's part of a larger community and not just me and I think he may learn to appreciate rugs more if he can learn how they make them and I think we can score a great deal on Dirt Dragon if we can take it home with us on the plane, so don't go shopping, just gamble ok?

Does it hurt?

 

[Rob Grady]

I run that needle valve on my supply line so I can dial in any of my tools.

 

[Trip Moses]

Ugh. Doing 1%. Stuff.

 

[Mikey P]

Ugh. Doing 1%. Stuff.
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That's ridiculous. You're not turning all those corners at once so just move the stupid things around as you need them

 

[Mikey P]

A real 1% knows not to draw his hoses so ******* tight that he needs those things in the first place

 

[Trip Moses]

That's ridiculous. You're not turning all those corners at once so just move the stupid things around as you need them

The customer is bird dogging me.

 

[Mikey P]

Put on a respirator and suggest they do the same. I usually get some to go out and pull weeds in the backyard

 

[Trip Moses]

A real 1% knows not to draw his hoses so ******* tight that he needs those things in the first place

A real 1% knows those damn guards move as soon as you turn your back on them.

 

[hogjowl]

Corner guards are like hard floor mats. They show professionalism.

 

[Trip Moses]

Corner guards are like hard floor mats. They show professionalism.

 

[Mikey P]

Corner guards are like hard floor mats. They show professionalism.

All of which goes down the drain once they meet your pissy attitude. So what's the point..

 

[Meter Maid]

Another step I can forgo when I use my beautiful Odyssey.

Did I mention my customers love the dry times and long-term clean?

 

[Trip Moses]

Another step I can forgo when I use my beautiful Odyssey.

Did I mention my customers love the dry times and long-term clean?

This one definitely could’ve been padcapped. But I had already pulled hoses in to do a sectional sofa a loveseat chair and ottoman. The corner guards and a wetsuit runner got me the hundred dollar tip I guess

 

[Nomad74]

I’m dealing with a text scammer

 

[Kenny Hayes]

The customer is bird dogging me.

You think a residential bird dog is bad, have one on a commercial floor your stripping and refinishing Old men church janitors

 

[Nate The Great]

You think a residential bird dog is bad, have one on a commercial floor your stripping and refinishing Old men church janitors

Sooooooooo your friends watch you clean?!?

I always give people tasks to do if their going to stand and watch..

 

[Kenny Hayes]

That’s a No. That would be like giving a homeowner a wand and saying, let’s dual wand

 

[Nate The Great]

That’s a No. That would be like giving a homeowner a wand and saying, let’s dual wand

On guard!

 

[Mike J]

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I Like that option for hose stabilizer, pretty slick

 

[Papa John]

Put on a respirator and suggest they do the same. I usually get some to go out and pull weeds in the backyard

My dad was "back seat" nagging me while I was cleaning once--
I gave him a respirator while I was putting on ear muffs and said-- "We need to wear these while I'm working for our protection."
My dad and the guys in the shop started laughing.

 

[sassyotto]

Hose Stabilizer

Prevent your truck mount hoses from sliding away! This stabilizer is made of 2-inch nylon webbing with a rubberized metal hook. When a job takes you up stairs, use this handy tool to keep your hose secured to a banister or handrail.

www.jondon.com

 

[Nomad74]

Hose Stabilizer

Prevent your truck mount hoses from sliding away! This stabilizer is made of 2-inch nylon webbing with a rubberized metal hook. When a job takes you up stairs, use this handy tool to keep your hose secured to a banister or handrail.

www.jondon.com

Isn't that just called a stair hook?

 

[Nate The Great]

Isn't that just called a stair hook?

The foldable Juan is nicer.. Even the Super Strap is nice too..