Very weird job today and a first!

[Ralph Pastorelli]

I had a cleaning job today of a empty house in the country where several Amish families live and farm. When the customer booked the job on Monday he said someone will be there at 10:00 am as per a time we set. What was odd was he said the person opening the door has no cell phone and cell coverage was weak there anyhow. Then he tells me the person meeting will pay me. Well I pull up and what I seen made me giggle it was a Amish buggy and two Amish men building a large shed. I get out and they walk up to me he reach out and shook my hand and I was like eeew to myself his hand were rough and nasty while having a body odor. He shows me the carpets and asks how we clean them, I measure and then walk him out to truck and show him my van while wearing my rain jacket. He was WOW never seen anything like it her says. He watch as I cleaned and was amazed, when I was done I told him the bill was $312.00 and he pulled out a wad of cash. I took the cash and handed him cards and a magnet and went on my way.


P.S. I pulled out down the road pulled over and misted Microban on the cash and my hands...lol

 

[FredC]

I have nothing to add....except I think I'll watch Kingpin again this weekend

 

[JS41035]

"Flossing. I don't know wear I got Munsen. "

 

[hogjowl]

DAT

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Ralph doesn't smell sweat very often.

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

Ralph doesn't smell sweat very often.

That was much more than sweat it was un bathed bad body odor.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Funny how they don't smell that...and get right up next to you.

 

[Dolly Llama]

I had a cleaning job today of a empty house in the country where several Amish families live and farm. When the customer booked the job on Monday he said someone will be there at 10:00 am as per a time we set. What was odd was he said the person opening the door has no cell phone and cell coverage was weak there anyhow. Then he tells me the person meeting will pay me. Well I pull up and what I seen made me giggle it was a Amish buggy and two Amish men building a large shed. I get out and they walk up to me he reach out and shook my hand and I was like eeew to myself his hand were rough and nasty while having a body odor. He shows me the carpets and asks how we clean them, I measure and then walk him out to truck and show him my van while wearing my rain jacket. He was WOW never seen anything like it her says. He watch as I cleaned and was amazed, when I was done I told him the bill was $312.00 and he pulled out a wad of cash. I took the cash and handed him cards and a magnet and went on my way.


P.S. I pulled out down the road pulled over and misted Microban on the cash and my hands...lol

didn't know your were a prima donna Ralph

two of the largest amish communities in the world are near me.
One known as Sugarbush over an hour south west of me and one a half hour north in Middlefield

The Middlefield Amish are seen pretty regular here.
Piling out of a 1 ton extended Ford or Chevy passenger van at Wal-Mart and Sam's, or on the construction job site..
The Amish crews we see here do siding, roofing, framing, etc


they use all top quality modern power tools on the jobs (DeWalt, Bosch, Senco, Bostich, etc)
They might be frugal, but they're not "cheap" and pay top dollar for top stuff.

i know a couple guys that do al'ite hauling amish to and from job sites .
yes, the work crew vans ("Yoader Tote'rs") do have an odor to 'em....



..L.T.A.

 

[hogjowl]

I've always wondered if you just don't know how to spell alright?

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

I've always wondered if you just don't know how to spell alright?

I was raised by pigs what can I say!

 

[hogjowl]

Not YOU, idiot!

 

[Dolly Llama]

New
I've always wondered if you just don't know how to spell alright?

YES, Yes I do (or Firefox does anyway)

..L.T.A.

 

[Bryan S. Bennett]

Speakin of which, I wonder if Mikey has bathed in the last month with this CA water crisis?

Guess we will find out in FL couple weeks. I'LL bring some extra deodorant and Microban to get him all prettied up before he goes face to face with Rob.

 

[Mikey P]

Lol..


I get 10,000 gallons for $21.50...

 

[Bryan S. Bennett]

Lol..


I get 10,000 gallons for $21.50...

How much is your monthly water bill at home? Ours is about $80/month and the sewer bill is 60/month or a family of 5. Truckmount not filled there.

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

My water bill at my shop averages about $118 every 3 months about $70 of which is fees and taxes . Lovely NY the tax you to death state . But what I know now i'm a idiot says Marty ..

 

[Bryan S. Bennett]

That's low. Our is 240 every 3 mo......oops I mean at home. It's a Chesapeake Bay thing....... I guess we are trying to save it for some reason.

All I wanna do really is just save a few more carpets.....some of them are near death at this point.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Geez ours is around $600.00 a month here at the shop. Not sure at home the wife pays the bills at home, its a rural water district but I don't think its too bad.

 

[Brian H]

Our water/sewer bill at home is zero!!

Then again we pay $20 a month for potassium chloride plus $7.00 a month for whole house water filter. Oh and that doesn't include having the septic tanks emptied every couple of years to the tune of about $750.

All in all, I wish I was on city water and sewer.

 

[KevinL]

Geez ours is around $600.00 a month here at the shop. Not sure at home the wife pays the bills at home, its a rural water district but I don't think its too bad.

Wow, do you have a leak somewhere or do all your guys bathe there? I know you're filling the trucks up but how many gallons are you going through?

 

[Desk Jockey]

LOL

fill trucks, clean rugs, commercial washer, wash trucks.

Maybe its the couple of dozen people using the shitter?

 

[bob vawter]

they take my water bill....then double it for sewer...last month my water and sewer was twenty fi all together!

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

LOL

fill trucks, clean rugs, commercial washer, wash trucks.

Maybe its the couple of dozen people using the shitter?

You have avout house out back stop bullshitting us.

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

Dam big fingers little phone spell check. Marty was right..ha

 

[Desk Jockey]

You have avout house out back stop bullshitting us.

That's the crapper Ralph. I'm talking about the shitter.

 

[Doug Cox]

I amazed you admit you take cash. Some guys think its illegal.

 

[Desk Jockey]

We refuse cash. Its the devils currency!



Seriously we see very little cash. Mostly check and some credit cards. The cash we see is mostly for spotting products and the occasional small rug.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

3300 gal city water and sewer $50.

 

[Ralph Pastorelli]

Rare cash goes into petty cash .

 

[hogjowl]

I wish MB was like FB and could filter out DAT's that are filled with DAP's.